Germany has sparked outrage in China, after a major newspaper put together a £130 billion invoice that Beijing “owes” Berlin, following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic in the European country.
Germany has followed France, the United Kingdom, UK, and the United States, US, in directing its coronavirus anger at China, where the virus originated from, reportedly.
Recent attacks come, amid findings that Beijing appeared to cover up the true scale of the crisis, allegedly, as the source of the outbreak remains a mystery.
On Saturday, United States President, Donald Trump, warned that China should face consequences, if it is “knowingly responsible” for unleashing the coronavirus pandemic on the world.
President Trump told Reporters: “It could have been stopped in China, before it started, and it was not, and the whole world is suffering because of it.
“If it was a mistake, a mistake is a mistake. But if they were knowingly responsible, then there should be consequences.”
He added that the Chinese were “embarrassed”, and the question is whether what happened with the coronavirus was “a mistake that got out of control, or was it done deliberately?”
The UK has joined US Intelligence Officials in investigating claims that the virus originated in a Wuhan virus Lab, and not a wet market.
A bombshell op-ed, this week, in Germany’s largest tabloid newspaper, Bild, joined this outrage, by drawing up an itemised invoice for €149 billion (£130 billion).
The list includes a €27 billion charge for lost tourism revenue, up to €7.2 billion for the German film industry, a million euros an hour for German Airline, Lufthansa, and €50 billion for German small businesses.
Bild calculated that this amounts to €1,784 (£1,550) per person, if Germany’s GDP falls by 4.2 percent, under the title: “What China owes us”.
China responded however, by claiming that the invoice “stirs up xenophobia and nationalism”.