Blinken Says Beijing Must Cooperate in Future Investigations Into CCP Virus Origins

Blinken Says Beijing Must Cooperate in Future Investigations Into CCP Virus Origins
Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a hearing before Senate Foreign Relations Committee at Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, on June 8, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 13 that Beijing must work with further investigations into the origins of the CCP virus. He added that China’s failure to cooperate was one reason that the World Health Organization’s initial report didn’t go well.

“China has to cooperate with that,” Blinken told CBS’s “Face the Nation” of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) second phase of investigations. “Transparency, access for international experts, information sharing—that has to happen. And again, I think you’re seeing countries coming together to insist on that.”
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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