Our embassy responded that the Philippine Senate held a hearing on the US military's smear campaign against Chinese vaccines
Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines answers questions about the Philippine Senate holding a hearing on the US military's smear campaign against Chinese vaccines
Q: On June 25, the Philippine Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing to investigate Reuters' recent report that the US military pretended to be Filipinos to spread false information to discredit Chinese vaccines and anti-epidemic materials during the COVID-19 pandemic. What is the embassy's comment on this?
A: We have noted the hearing held by the Philippine Senate and welcome it. This matter concerns the life and health of the Filipino people. The Filipino people and the international community have the right to know the truth behind it.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the people of China and the Philippines helped each other. China took the lead in providing vaccines and anti-epidemic materials to the Philippines, providing the Philippines with more than 57 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines and a large amount of anti-epidemic materials, making positive contributions to the Filipino people's victory over the epidemic and demonstrating China's image as a responsible major country.
According to relevant reports from Reuters and information disclosed in this hearing, the US not only puts America first on the COVID-19 vaccine issue, but also maliciously hinders China's assistance to the Philippines in vaccines and anti-epidemic supplies. The US military even pretends to be Filipinos online to spread rumors and discredit China's vaccines and anti-epidemic supplies. This move by the US serves its geopolitical selfishness of containing and suppressing China, sacrifices the lives and health of the vast majority of the Filipino people, and damages the common interests of public health in all countries of the world. It should be condemned by the people of China, the Philippines and the international community.