International relationsUS attacks China's Communist Party as pandemic clash boils over
Pompeo says global cost of Beijing's virus response outweighs any contributions
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the State Department in Washington on May 20. © Reuters
KEN MORIYASU, Nikkei Asian Review chief desk editor
NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo verbally pummeled China's leadership as "ideologically and politically hostile" a day after the two countries engaged in a heated exchange of words right up to the end of the World Health Organization's annual meeting.