Chinese State Media Misrepresents Facts to Claim COVID-19 Didn’t Originate From China

Chinese State Media Misrepresents Facts to Claim COVID-19 Didn’t Originate From China
Technicians are processing CCP virus tests at a laboratory in Tianjin, China on Nov. 23, 2020. STR/CNS/AFP via Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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In a bid to promote the unsubstantiated claim that the CCP virus didn’t originate from China, Chinese state media has recently begun publishing stories based on a retracted study and misrepresented quotes by experts.

The first outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus, occurred in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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