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BEIJING, July 11-- Some U.S. politicians are obsessed with fabricating lies and shifting the blame to China on the response to COVID-19, wreaking havoc on bilateral relations, which now face the most severe challenge since diplomatic ties were established in 1979. They continue to attack China's political system and epidemic response, ranting about the origins of the virus, while Chinese people have grown fed up with such words. Lies repeated a thousand times are still lies, and the truth of China's achievements in combating the novel coronavirus is undeniable. By introducing a series of stringent and multifaceted measures, China has made strategic achievements in containing the outbreak within the space of a few months. Recently, precise measures were adopted in Beijing to quash new cluster infections, and the capital city had reported no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases for five consecutive days by Friday. Out of deep-seated Cold War mindset, zero-sum game mentality and ideological prejudices, the U.S. side has ignored such facts and blamed China groundlessly, drawing mockery for its absurdity and ridiculousness. The words and actions of some U.S. politicians fit neatly into the narratives scripted for an election year in which scapegoating China is politically rewarding in the short-run. Especially so, since the United States became the country worst hit by COVID-19, with infections spreading rapidly across the country, a situation for which some politicians should have been held accountable. | 
