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China tells US to ‘stop poisoning’ virus origin investigations after inconclusive Washington probe
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CHINA called on the United States to “stop poisoning international co-operation on virus tracing” yesterday, after released findings from a 90-day US probe proved a damp squib.
Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said origin-tracing was a complex scientific matter but the US had been “obsessed” with political manipulation.
The US report, which President Joe Biden ordered spooks to produce after citing doubts about the World Health Organisation (WHO’s) investigation into the coronavirus’s origins, says that intelligence agencies are divided.
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