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US summons Chinese envoy over Beijing's coronavirus comments

FILE PHOTO: China's ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai responds to reporters’ questions during an interview with Reuters in Washington, US, November 6, 2018. [Reuters]

The US State Department summoned the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Friday to protest against comments by Beijing suggesting the US military might have brought the coronavirus to Wuhan, as tensions between the two global powers over the outbreak intensified. 

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