Bolsonaro’s son enrages Beijing by blaming China for coronavirus crisis
by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro from on (#50YKT)
Row after Eduardo Bolsonaro claims 'it's China's fault', drawing a ferocious rebuke from senior Chinese diplomats
Beijing's ambassador to Brazil has launched a stinging attack on the son of its far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, after he claimed the Chinese Communist party was to blame for the coronavirus crisis sweeping the world.
On Wednesday, Bolsonaro's influential politician son Eduardo - who many regard as Brazil's de facto foreign minister and has close ties to Steve Bannon - enraged Beijing with an incendiary tweet about its role in the pandemic.
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