Tag: Wuhan

China Sought Animal, Human Samples in CCP Virus Origin Probe: Leaked Documents

Since the CCP virus first emerged from Wuhan city in late 2019, the Chinese regime has been reluctant to share information about its research on the origin of the virus, or allow outside investigators to conduct their probes. The Epoch Times obtained leaked documents that show the Chinese regime sought to investigate the source of the…


Wuhan Residents Reflect on Virus Lockdown Anniversary

Jan. 23 marks the first anniversary of the Wuhan lockdown due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus outbreak. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Wuhan residents voiced their concerns and called on more people to reflect upon the unprecedented disaster and prevent it from recurring. A local surnamed Hao told the Chinese-language Epoch Times that officials…


Relative of Virus Victim Asks to Meet WHO Experts in Wuhan

WUHAN, China—A relative of a coronavirus victim in China is demanding to meet a visiting World Health Organization expert team, saying it should speak with affected families who allege they are being muffled by the Chinese government. The Chinese communist regime approved the visit by researchers under the auspices of the U.N. agency only after…


Chinese Official’s Remarks on COVID-19 Proves the Authorities Concealed the Initial Outbreak

Commentary During a press conference held by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Jan. 19, spokesperson Hua Chunying refused to acknowledge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she may have inadvertently exposed the fact that high-level officials were concealing information about the first outbreak of the CCP virus in Wuhan…


Pfizer Vaccine Approved in Australia One Year After Country’s First Case

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional approval of the Pfizer vaccine on the first anniversary of Australia’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. It is the first to receive regulatory approval in Australia. Two doses at least 21 days apart will be required, with aged care and disability residents…


Infographic: How the Global Pandemic Spread From China

For at least three weeks, Beijing knew about the severity of the CCP virus outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, but downplayed the crisis and suppressed any information at odds with the official narrative that the virus was containable. This coverup allowed the virus to spread beyond China’s borders, sparking a global pandemic….


China Takes on New Rhetoric to Blame the US for Pandemic

Beijing has again peddled the unproven theory that the CCP virus may have originated in the United States. Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, said at a daily briefing on Jan. 18 that the U.S. government should invite experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) to “conduct origin-tracing” in the United States, implying…


US Scientist That Condemned Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Admits He Was Shielding Chinese Scientists

U.S. scientist Dr. Peter Daszak, president of the New York-based EcoHealth Alliance, led an endeavor in February 2020 to stop ideas that the CCP virus might have spread due to an accidental escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Daszak had written an article published in The Lancet medical journal, castigating ideas or suspicions that…


A Year After Severe Wuhan Outbreak, China Promotes Propaganda Film Praising Authorities

News analysis Roughly one year after the CCP virus spread across China, the Chinese central government recently started a propaganda blitz to portray the outbreak in Wuhan—the epidemic ground zero—as a story of triumph over adversity. A joint-production between state-run and private media companies, the movie “Days and Nights in Wuhan” was made under the…


Beijing Must Allow WHO a Full, Transparent Investigation into Virus Origin: US Lawmaker

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) is calling on Beijing to be transparent with a team of investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) who are currently in China to study the origin of the CCP virus. “As we reach the grim milestone of two million COVID-19 related deaths [globally], the Chinese Communist Party, sadly, continues to…