Sun 31 October 2021:
On Sunday, Beijing slammed a US intelligence report investigating the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak, calling it “political and false” and urged the US to “stop attacking” China.
The Chinese foreign ministry’s reaction came just days after the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence revealed a more detailed version of its findings from President Joe Biden’s 90-day study.
According to the study, intelligence agencies will not be able to make a better judgment on whether the virus spread through animal-to-human transmission or through a lab leak without additional information.
It went on to say that China’s cooperation would almost certainly be required to achieve a conclusive assessment on origins, while also emphasizing that Beijing continues to “hinder the global investigation.”
According to the so-called lab-leak theory, the virus spread from a research center in Wuhan, China’s central metropolis, where it was initially identified. The theory has yet to be proven, and China has frequently dismissed it.
China had expressed firm objection to early findings presented in the summary report in August, according to foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin in a statement released on Sunday.
“No matter how many times this report is published and how many versions are concocted, it cannot change the nature of this being entirely political and false,” Wang said.
He added that the fact intelligence agencies were tapped in origin-tracing efforts was “ironclad proof” of politicization, and urged the US to “stop attacking and smearing China”.
(with agency)
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