{{quotebox-float|"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|"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.
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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>
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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>}}