Chinese envoy decries global media misrepresentation in Covid-19 fight

Guo Jie, President of the Hunan Association in Uganda has shown high concern over misrepresentation in China's fight against the Covid-19 Pandemic.

Jie's concerns come after Daily Mail Australia apologized to Richard Yuan, his close friend, and business associate over false representation in an article.

The article titled Revealed: What really happened to mysterious "mercy flight' from Wuhan to Sydney, published on May 2, 2020, suggested that Richard Yuan, a Chinese investor attempted to sell a shipment of medical supplies to the Australian government in the early stages of the Corona Virus pandemic.
 
The article further claims that the Boeing 747 carrying the much needed medical supplies from the Corona Virus epicenter was turned around with all its cargo on board.
 
Richard Yuan insists he did not seek to profit from the shipment of supplies but rather intended that they be donated to local communities.
 
The publication has since apologized "We unreservedly apologize to Richard Yuan for the errors and we retract the allegations made about him in that article," he wrote.
 
In an interview with The New Vision, Guo Jie, who is also director of Uganda-Hunan Industrial Park, regrets that some Chinese efforts to help in the fight against Covid-19 have been misrepresented by a western counterforce.  

"Coronavirus outbreak starts in China, which doesn't mean the virus is from China. Scientists are doing the investigation. Therefore, the source of the virus remains a mystery.

It is unfortunate some media only look out to attracting attention and distort facts to spoil the reputation of the Chinese and their attempts at finding solutions to the global pandemic," he says.

In Uganda, he says that the Hunan Association and Uganda-Hunan Industrial Park have donated pandemic prevention items worth billions and their role in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.