{"id":335831,"date":"2021-03-28T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=335831"},"modified":"2021-03-28T14:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T18:30:46","slug":"biden-state-dept-on-punishing-china-for-pandemic-accountability-needed-but-focus-should-be-on-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-state-dept-on-punishing-china-for-pandemic-accountability-needed-but-focus-should-be-on-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden State Dept On Punishing China For Pandemic: Accountability Needed, But Focus Should Be On Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-state-dept-on-punishing-china-for-pandemic-accountability-needed-but-focus-should-be-on-future%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=335831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4097.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN in an interview that aired on Sunday that the United States\u2019 focus in regards to holding China accountable for the COVID-19 pandemic should be on the future and improving systems to prevent future pandemics.<\/p>\n<p>CNN host Dana Bash asked Blinken if China should be punished for misleading the world about the pandemic, which has resulted in the deaths of millions of people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, I think the issue for us is to make sure that we do everything possible to prevent another pandemic, even as we\u2019re working through this one, or at the very least to make sure that we can mitigate in much more effective ways any damage done if something happens in the future,\u201d Blinken responded. \u201cAnd a big part of that is making sure that we have a system in place, including with the World Health Organization, that features transparency, that features information-sharing, and features access for international experts at the start of something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s where I think China, like every other country, has real obligations that it needs to make good on. So, I think what we need to be focused on is making sure we\u2019re protecting ourselves and protecting the world going forward,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd that\u2019s going to require a lot of reform. And it\u2019s going to require China to do things that it hasn\u2019t done in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bash pressed Blinken on his response, noting that it sounded as if he was a \u201cno\u201d when it came to punishing China for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I think that we\u2019ve got to \u2014 there\u2019s a report coming out shortly by the World Health Organization,\u201d Blinken responded. \u201cWe\u2019ve got real concerns about the methodology and the process that went into that report, including the fact that the government in Beijing apparently helped to write it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut let\u2019s see what comes out in that report. But we do need to have both accountability for the past, but I think our focus needs to be on building a stronger system for the future,\u201d Blinken added.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dana Bash pushes Secy. of State Blinken on repercussions for China&#039;s management of Covid-19\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E9qoS2YIU7k?start=107&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>PARTIAL TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"60\">\n<p><em>DANA BASH, CNN HOST: You said at your confirmation hearing, Mr. Secretary, that you believe the Chinese government misled the world about coronavirus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Given that and the millions of people, of course, who have died around the world, should China be punished for that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>ANTONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE: You know, I think the issue for us is to make sure that we do everything possible to prevent another pandemic, even as we\u2019re working through this one, or at the very least to make sure that we can mitigate in much more effective ways any damage done if something happens in the future.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And a big part of that is making sure that we have a system in place, including with the World Health Organization, that features transparency, that features information-sharing, and features access for international experts at the start of something like this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s where I think China, like every other country, has real obligations that it needs to make good on. So, I think what we need to be focused on is making sure we\u2019re protecting ourselves and protecting the world going forward.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And that\u2019s going to require a lot of reform. And it\u2019s going to require China to do things that it hasn\u2019t done in the past.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BASH: That sounded like a no when it comes to repercussions for what happened in the past, and maybe even that is happening currently, which is the damage that is being done around the world because of this pandemic. No repercussions? No punishment?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>BLINKEN: Look, I think that we\u2019ve got to \u2014 there\u2019s a report coming out shortly by the World Health Organization.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We\u2019ve got real concerns about the methodology and the process that went into that report, including the fact that the government in Beijing apparently helped to write it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But let\u2019s see what comes out in that report. But we do need to have both accountability for the past, but I think our focus needs to be on building a stronger system for the future.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN in an interview that aired on Sunday that the United States\u2019 focus in regards to holding China accountable for the COVID-19 pandemic should &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4097.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden State Dept On Punishing China For Pandemic: Accountability Needed, But Focus Should Be On Future","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4097.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden State Dept On Punishing China For Pandemic: Accountability Needed, But Focus Should Be On Future","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}