Category: Pandemic Ties to CCP

Pandemic May Have Been Caused by Bioweapon Research Accident in China: Former State Department Investigator

The virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic could have been the result of a bioweapon leak in China, according to David Asher, former lead COVID-19 investigator at the U.S. State Department. “This might have been a weapons vector gone awry; not deliberately released, but in development and then somehow leaked,” Asher said on March 12…


Beijing Seizes Upon Fauci’s Call for Solidarity to Push COVID-19 Propaganda

Chinese state media has raved over Dr. Anthony Fauci’s recent calls for solidarity to combat the pandemic, using his comments to bolster Beijing’s virus narratives. Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, appeared with top Chinese epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan in early March during an online forum hosted…


Blinken Urges China to Come Clean on Pandemic

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China for its continued failure to be transparent about COVID-19, in a recent interview with BBC World News. “It requires countries to be transparent; it requires them to share information; it requires them to give access to international experts at the beginning of an outbreak—things that, unfortunately, we haven’t…


Virus Surges Anew in Central Europe in Face of New Variants

PRAGUE—Authorities in central Europe warned on Friday that they are seeing a surge in coronavirus cases across their region amid the discovery of new variants. The Polish health minister, Adam Niedzielski, said the first case of a variant first found in South Africa had been discovered in Poland, and that some 10 percent of all…


Despite Beijing’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’ Efforts, Many Question Safety of China-Made Vaccines

As China seeks to bolster its international standing through ‘vaccine diplomacy,’ public confidence in the safety and efficacy of China’s COVID-19 vaccines—both in and outside China—appear mixed. The Chinese regime is aggressively promoting its COVID-19 vaccines to foreign countries. Chinese leader Xi Jinping told state leaders at a recent economic summit with central and eastern…


China Most Active in Spreading Disinformation on COVID-19 Origin: Report

China was the most active country in propagating disinformation on the origin of the COVID-19, according to a newly-released report by the Associated Press (AP) and the Digital Forensic Research Lab of Washington-based think tank Atlantic Council. The report was the results of a nine-month joint research project, after analyzing millions of social media posts…


Chinese Critics Decry WHO’s Wuhan Probe as a ‘Farce’

A Chinese dissident has condemned the World Health Organization’s findings on the source of the pandemic as a “farce,” adding that the Chinese regime is likely to leverage them to deflect responsibility for causing the global crisis. According to Yuan Hongbing, a Chinese academic and vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) living in…


WHO Scientist Says ‘Don’t Rely Too Much’ On US Virus Intelligence Amid Probe Transparency Doubts

A member of the WHO team in Wuhan to study the origin of the pandemic on Feb. 9 hit out at U.S. intelligence on the issue.


‘Jury’s Still Out’ on Whether China Was Transparent for WHO Probe: State Department

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Feb. 9 that the “jury’s still out” on whether the Chinese regime gave full transparency to the World Health Organization team currently in Wuhan to study the origin of the pandemic. “I think the jury’s still out. I think clearly the Chinese, at least heretofore, have not offered…


‘Jury’s Still Out’ on Whether China Was Transparent in WHO Probe: State Department

State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Feb. 9 that the “jury’s still out” on whether the Chinese regime gave full transparency to the World Health Organization team currently in Wuhan to study the origin of the pandemic. “I think the jury’s still out. I think clearly the Chinese, at least heretofore, have not offered…