Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday morning, urging the U.S. side to respond reasonably to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
The U.S. political scientist Walter Russell Mead recently wrote an article infamously titled "China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia" related to China's role in the ongoing novel coronavirus.
The battle against the 2019 novel coronavirus is a trial of strength between human beings and virus. The Chinese government and Chinese people are rushing to the front line, composing a song of praise for the value of life.
However, senior officials and media outlets of some Western countries have ignored China's enormous efforts to combat the epidemic and launched attacks against the country.
Li Wenliang, a Chinese doctor who tried to warn people about the novel coronavirus when it first caused pneumonia in patients in Wuhan died of the disease before dawn on Friday.
China has rolled out measures to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) affected by the coronavirus outbreak by reducing their burdens from loans, rent and social security payments.