Chinese Regime Aggressively Pushes Narrative That Coronavirus Came From US

Chinese Regime Aggressively Pushes Narrative That Coronavirus Came From US
A Chinese guard wears a face mask as he watches an area near a barricade blocking a residential community from a commercial area in Beijing on March 11, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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Chinese state media mistranslated comments made by U.S. officials during a recent congressional hearing in order to push the Chinese regime’s new propaganda narrative: that COVID-19 originated in the United States.

This claim was then amplified by a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, who raised the question of whether the U.S. military introduced the virus to China.

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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