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Macron says ‘naive’ to think China handled coronavirus better than West

By
Bob Fredericks
Published April 17, 2020
Updated April 17, 2020, 3:55 p.m. ET
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French President Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron Yoan Valat/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Chinese President Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi JinpingXinhua/Pang Xinglei via Getty Images
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Medical staff push a patient on a gurney to a waiting medical helicopter at the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, France.
Medical staff push a patient on a gurney to a waiting medical helicopter at the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, France.Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
A health worker checks the temperature of women entering the subway in Beijing in January.
A health worker checks the temperature of women entering the subway in Beijing in January.Betsy Joles/Getty Images
Patients infected with the coronavirus are seen at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, China.
Patients infected with the coronavirus are seen at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, China.Xinhua/Xiong Qi via Getty Images
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French President Emmanuel Macron rejected the idea that China handled the coronavirus outbreak better than Western democracies, calling the idea “naive” because of the Communist country’s lack of transparency.

In an interview published Friday in the Financial Times, Macron said there was no comparison between countries where information flowed freely and citizens could criticize their governments and those where the truth was suppressed and dissenters punished.

“Given these differences, the choices made and what China is today, which I respect, let’s not be so naive as to say it’s been much better at handling this,” Macron told the FT.

“We don’t know. There are clearly things that have happened that we don’t know about.”

Friction between China and France came to light earlier this week when the Chinese ambassador was summoned by the foreign minister after his embassy posted on its website what French lawmakers called “fake news.”

With Post wires