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{{quotebox-float|"The case against China rests not only on how the [[coronavirus]] came to first infect humans—something scientists will argue about for years—but also what Chinese ruler Xi Jinping did once the pathogen crippled his country. In short, he took steps he knew or had to know would spread the disease beyond his borders.

{{quotebox-float|"The case against China rests not only on how the [[coronavirus]] came to first infect humans—something scientists will argue about for years—but also what Chinese ruler Xi Jinping did once the pathogen crippled his country. In short, he took steps he knew or had to know would spread the disease beyond his borders.

His actions make the infections and deaths outside China deliberate, effectively a “[[biological weapon]].” His actions taken together constitute both a “[[genocide]]” and a “crime against humanity” under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.<ref>''[https://www.hoover.org/research/china-deliberately-spread-coronavirus-what-are-strategic-consequences China Deliberately Spread The Coronavirus: What Are The Strategic Consequences?]'', by Gordon G. Chang, December 9, 2020. www.hoover.org</ref>}}

His actions make the infections and deaths outside China deliberate, effectively a “[[biological weapon]].” His actions taken together constitute both a “[[genocide]]” and a “crime against humanity” under the [[Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court]].<ref>''[https://www.hoover.org/research/china-deliberately-spread-coronavirus-what-are-strategic-consequences China Deliberately Spread The Coronavirus: What Are The Strategic Consequences?]'', by Gordon G. Chang, December 9, 2020. www.hoover.org</ref>}}

==Rise to power==

==Rise to power==