China Releases White Paper on COVID-19, Asserts ‘Substantial Evidence’ It May Have Originated in US

China has reignited the debate over COVID-19’s origins in a newly released white paper, suggesting the virus may have originated in the United States.

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China has reignited the debate over COVID-19’s origins in a newly released white paper, suggesting the virus may have originated in the United States. Published Wednesday by the state-run Xinhua news agency, the document directly counters an April 18 statement from the Trump administration, which launched a website promoting the theory that the virus emerged from a lab in China. The move marks a renewed exchange of blame between the two countries over the pandemic’s source. Pandemic War of Words: China Now Shifts Blame to US for Origin of COVID-19 After Donald Trump’s Allegation.

China Reasserts COVID-19 May Have Originated in US

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