China urges U.S. to stop politicizing COVID-19 origins

China urges U.S. to stop politicizing COVID-19 origins

At Tuesday's regular press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun responded to questions regarding the origins of COVID-19.Guo criticized certain U.S. websites for reviving the "lab leak" theory without credible evidence, saying it

White House's 'lab leak' theory criticized

China reiterated its opposition to political manipulation of novel coronavirus origin tracing on Wednesday, calling on the United States to introspect rather than tarnish China with baseless accusations.

China Firmly Opposes U.S. Political Manipulation on COVID-19 Origin-Tracing: Spokesperson

Beijing - Rehashing the "lab leak" theory on relevant website and smearing China with unsubstantiated accusations is just another ploy the United States uses for political manipulation under the pretext of COVID-19 origins-tracing, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, noting China firmly opposes the move. Last weekend, the White House put out a new website which purports to tell the origins of the COVID epidemic and says that "the ep…

"China has actively supported and participated in tracing its origins" from Covid-19, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiaku said.

At a press conference on the 22nd, Guo Jiakun, Deputy Director of the Spokesperson's Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, criticized the Trump administration for publishing a website that claims that the new coronavirus originated from a virus laboratory in Wuhan, China, saying, "This is slandering China without any substantial evidence."

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