This kind of vicious attack on a single American official has not occurred since before U.S. President Richard Nixon made his historic visit to the communist state in 1972 to normalize relations. "This is not normal," one Chinese scholar said in astonishment. "A foreign ministers meeting between the U.S. and China will be impossible for the foreseeable future."
The tensions spiked after Pompeo alleged Sunday that "enormous evidence" suggests the deadly virus originated in a Chinese laboratory.
