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A man sprays disinfectant as he sanitizes Santa Maria in Trastevere Basilica to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Rome Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Italy partially lifted lockdown restrictions last week after a two-month lockdown and from May 18 churches are expected to reopen to the public for masses. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Europe reopens widely; China gives $2 billion to virus fight

By Geir Moulson and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

In this file photo taken Monday, March 19, 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Xi Jinping: China was open, transparent in coronavirus response

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 7, 2018, file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), answers questions of the journalists about his first seven months in office and outlines the organization's priorities for the next five years, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization’s director-general has faced many challenges during the coronavirus pandemic: racial slurs, death threats, social media caricatures — he was once depicted as a ventriloquist’s dummy in the hands of Chinese President Xi Jinping — and U.S. funding cuts. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, agrees to coronavirus response probe

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

Security guards wearing protective face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus lock the gate of the Forbidden City which remains closed following the new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing, Sunday, April 19, 2020. The pandemic that began in China in December is believed to have infected more than 2 million people worldwide. While most recover, at least over 150,000 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University based on figures supplied by health authorities around the globe. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Sun Lijun, China security official, probed in coronavirus outbreak response

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, March 10, 2020, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province. Top Chinese officials secretly determined they were likely facing a pandemic from a novel coronavirus in mid-January, ordering preparations even as they downplayed it in public. Internal documents obtained by the AP show that because warnings were muffled inside China, it took a confirmed case in Thailand to jolt Beijing into recognizing the possible pandemic before them. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)

China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days

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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2012, file photo, Chinese real estate mogul Ren Zhiqiang poses for a photo in his office in Beijing. Ren, a prominent Communist party member who criticized Chinese leader Xi Jinpings handling of the coronavirus outbreak is being investigated on suspicion of a severe violation of discipline and law, a joint government-party watchdog said. (Color China Photo via AP, File)

Crack down on Ren Zhiqiang highlights growing opposition to Xi Jinping

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China investigates party member critical of Xi over outbreak

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Inside the Ring: Trump backs off ‘Chinese virus’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

US Marines Focus on China Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Marines will help make it clear that China can’t expel America from South China Sea

By Gary Anderson

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the G-20 Extraordinary Virtual Leaders' Summit on COVID-19 via video link in Beijing, capital of China, March 26, 2020. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledge cooperation against coronavirus in phone call

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. China's president visited the center of the global virus outbreak Tuesday as Italy began a sweeping nationwide travel ban and people worldwide braced for the possibility of recession. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)

What’s Happening: Italians awake to new reality, skies empty

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Opposition populist leader Matteo Salvini gestures during press conference at the Foreign Press association, in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. The Italian Senate voted by a large margin Wednesday to allow the prosecution of Salvini for making 131 rescued migrants to remain on a coast guard vessel for days when he was Italy's interior minister. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Coronavirus spread fuels anti-immigration opposition

By Madison Hirneisen - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, photo, a woman using a trolley bag to collect foods distributed by volunteers outside her home in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. South Korea and China both reported a rise in new virus cases on Sunday, as the South Korean prime minister warned that the fast-spreading outbreak linked to a local church and a hospital in the country's southeast had entered a &quot;more grave stage.&quot; (Chinatopix via AP)

China’s Xi says epidemic ‘grim,’ calls for action on economy

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, centre, wearing a protective face mask waves as he inspects the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control work at a neighbourhoods in Beijing, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. China reported a rise in new virus cases on Monday, possibly denting optimism that its disease control measures like isolating major cities might be working, while Japan reported dozens of new cases aboard a quarantined cruise ship. (Pang Xinglei/Xinhua via AP)

Xi Jinping: Coronavirus epidemic ‘grim’

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

In this Jan. 6, 2020, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands during a welcome ceremony for Kiribati's President Taneti Maamau at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Donald Trump lauds Chinese leader Xi Jinping amid coronavirus panic

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020, photo, a medical worker in a protective suit walks by patients who diagnosed with the coronaviruses settle at a temporary hospital which transformed from an exhibition center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Chinatopix via AP)

Xi Jinping, Donald Trump discuss coronavirus outbreak

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Fighting the coronavirus outbreak, China has gone into full totalitarian mode

By Gordon G. Chang

Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, right, greets Chinese President Xi Jinping at president house in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Nyein Chan Naing/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi ends Myanmar visit with flurry of agreements

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In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, enter a hall for the talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Putin’s, Xi’s ruler-for-life moves pose challenges to West

By Daria Litinova and Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and China's President Xi Jinping shake hands prior to their talks on the sideline of the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil. China says Russian President Vladimir Putin's sudden announcement of constitutional changes that prompted the prime minister's departure won't affect increasingly close ties between Beijing and Moscow. (Ramil Sitdikov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

China says Russia ties not affected by Putin cabinet change

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