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Mr Trump also lashed out earlier on Wednesday, saying, “It was the 'incompetence of China', and nothing else, that did this mass Worldwide killing.”

In the early days of the pandemic Mr Trump was careful to maintain his relationship with Mr Xi, even singling the Chinese leader out for praise. However as criticism of Mr Trump's handling of the crisis mounts at home, the president has accused China of covering up the scale of the initial outbreak and failing to prevent its spread, signalling he intends to make an anti-China approach a centerpiece of his November re-election bid.

The White House on Wednesday night also issued a broad-scale attack on Beijing's predatory economic policies, military buildup, disinformation campaigns and human rights violations.

China again threatened “countermeasures” in response as Beijing opened its parliamentary session after a delay of nearly three months due to the pandemic.

The week-long event – heavy on political spectacle and light on actual legislating – is largely aimed at shoring up Mr Xi’s power as leader of the Communist Party following the mass protests which have rocked Hong Kong and the coronavirus outbreak. It is also Mr Xi's first opportunity to lay out policy plans, reprioritise sidelined goals, and outline a growth roadmap.

Pro-democracy activists fear Beijing will ram a new law through after a previous effort in 2003 to pass the contentious bill in Hong Kong failed after mass protests.

China also attacked the US for its "dangerous" decision to congratulate Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen on the start of her second term in office.




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