The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Lab leak theory: Beijing castigates "dark history" of US intelligence

2021-05-29T04:22:19.288Z


China castigated Thursday, May 27 "the dark history" of American intelligence, after the request to its services of the President of the United States Joe ...


China castigated Thursday, May 27 "

the dark history

" of American intelligence, after the request to its services of the President of the United States Joe Biden to provide within 90 days a report to explain the origin of the pandemic.

Read also: Covid-19: Does the WHO really have the means to investigate the origin of the virus?

The first cases of Covid-19 were identified at the end of 2019 in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, before the virus spread across the globe and killed nearly 3.5 million people. Long brushed aside by most experts, the theory of a laboratory accident in Wuhan, China, has come back in force in recent weeks in the American debate.

Joe Biden recalls that the work of American intelligence, which focuses on two hypotheses - animal origin or leakage from a laboratory - have so far not made it possible to reach "

a definitive conclusion

". "

The United States will continue to work with its partners around the world to pressure China to participate in a full, transparent, and evidence-based international investigation,

" the President added, lamenting the Beijing's attitude on this issue.

Beijing was quick to condemn the initiative. “

The WHO (World Health Organization, sent to Wuhan in January) joint investigation team deemed the theory of a laboratory leak to be 'extremely improbable'

,” a spokesperson told reporters. from the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian. "

This is an official, formal and scientific conclusion,

" said Zhao Lijian. "

This time, the United States is trying to use the intelligence services to conduct a so-called investigation [...] but the dark history of American intelligence has long been known to the world,

" the door said. -speak.

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2021-05-29

You may like

News/Politics 2024-02-08T13:42:38.069Z
Tech/Game 2024-02-01T13:29:34.173Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.