China suspended “counternarcotics cooperation” and other initiatives to coordinate against transnational crime last year in retaliation for then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) visit to Taiwan.
And Chinese state media counterprogrammed the U.S. message with taunts about the recent discovery of cocaine at the White House.
“We should not anticipate any actual result from the promised investigation, as the White House, the home to US President and First Family, has long been no stranger to drugs,” the Global Times sneered.