WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following joint op-ed by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Marshall S. Billingslea, special presidential envoy for arms control, published in Newsweek: * * * COVID-19 has taught the world that the Chinese Communist Party's lies can have vast and terrible consequences. As the United States, our allies and our partners renew calls for transparency about the virus, we also urge Beijing to come clean about another danger: China's more PR