“It’s only a flu.”Īs the warrior issues warnings about the virus and counts off the grim milestones in China’s outbreak, the Statue of Liberty replies dismissively with echoes of Trump’s press conferences in which he played down the severity of the illness. “So what?” replies the Statue of Liberty. “We discovered a new virus,” says the warrior. In the animation posted online by China’s official Xinhua news agency, red curtains open to reveal a stage featuring Lego-like figures in the form of a terracotta warrior wearing a face mask and the Statue of Liberty.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was confident the coronavirus may have originated in a Chinese virology lab, but declined to describe the evidence. Washington and Beijing are locked in a war of words over the origins of the disease, which emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into a global pandemic. NOTE: Asianet News humbly requests everyone to wear masks, sanitize, maintain social distancing and get vaccinated as soon as eligible.China has published a short animation titled “Once Upon a Virus” mocking the US response to the new coronavirus using Lego-like figures to represent the two countries. After August 15, Beijing has indicated that it is willing to cooperate with the Taliban. Some 46 aircraft including 24 helicopters were flown to Uzbekistan before the Taliban takeover.Īfter the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, China has been continuously trying to take a jibe at Washington for their hasty pullout, despite experts' claim of Beijing supporting the Taliban's rise in Kabul. In the weeks before the US withdrawal, the Afghan Air Force was operating 167 aircraft, including 108 helicopters and 59 aircraft. Others had their wheels stripped away leaving them sitting on the tarmac, the report said. The troops destroyed avionics, removed propellers and guns from planes and helicopters. Marking the end of the 20-year long war in Afghanistan, the United States Army withdrew their troops completely from the country on August 30.Īccording to DailyMail, it is believed the Taliban has a total of 48 aircraft, though it is not known whether this equipment is airworthy or how long they will be able to keep them operational.Īlso read: Afghanistan: 'Hijab not a choice’ say women during march in support of TalibanĬommander of the US evacuation mission, General Frank McKenzie said his troops disabled 73 aircraft before pulling out of the country last month.
The men can be heard laughing and cheering as they take turns pushing a man into the air. The video shows what appears to be a group of Taliban fighters turning the wing of a military plane into a makeshift swing. Talibans (sic) have turned their planes into swings and toys." Lijian Zhao wrote, tweeting the video. "The graveyard of EMPIRES and their WAR MACHINES.
Lijian Zhao, a senior official in the Chinese foreign ministry, mocked the United States in a tweet which has been viewed more than 70,000 times. China has mocked the United States’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan as a senior Chinese government official shared footage that showed Taliban fighters turning abandoned US military planes into swings and toys.
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