Corona virus
Serious allegations against China: A paper records how the country downplayed the true extent of the outbreak and censored information.
What is China responsible for?
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–In any case, the country is sharply criticized in a Western intelligence paper. The criticism is not new. US President Donald Trump had sparked speculation.
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–The paper particularly complained that China had denied until January 20 that the virus was transmitted from person to person.
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- China is heavily burdened by an intelligence document.
- The paper documents the cover-up by Chinese authorities and indicates risky research.
- It is particularly complained that China has long denied that the virus is transmitted from person to person.
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In a western intelligence paper, China has been sharply criticized for dealing with the corona crisis. The dossier of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance of the USA, Great Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zealand summarizes the allegations and suspicions, as the Australian newspaper “Saturday Telegraph” reported at the weekend. The dossier documents the cover-up by Chinese authorities and points out risky research in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new corona virus first appeared in December.
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The 15-page document demonstrates the thrust of the intelligence agency’s ongoing investigation. However, according to the newspaper, it also mentions its differences over the suspicion that the virus could really have come from the Institute of Virology in Wuhan. US President Donald Trump had sparked speculation about it. Scientists consider it much more likely that Sars-CoV-2 has been transmitted to humans from bats via another animal and through the wildlife trade. China therefore banned the trade in wild animals with a new law in March.
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China’s authorities suppressed warnings
Scientists have also demonstrated that the virus is not artificially generated, but is of natural origin, as confirmed by US intelligence agencies last week. The paper refers to dangerous research in the laboratory using virus from bats, although this was also done in collaboration with American and Australian scientists.
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According to the “Saturday Telegraph”, the paper forms the basis for the allegations that the secret services are investigating. It records how the Chinese authorities suppressed early warnings from its medical professionals, downplayed the true extent of the outbreak, and censored information, which has also been reported several times in media reports. The cover-up is described in the dossier as an “attack on international transparency”.
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It is particularly complained that China had denied until January 20 that the virus was transmitted from person to person. There have been hints for this since the beginning of December, it says in the paper. China is also accused of destroying virus samples and of strictly monitoring scientific publications on the virus. The Chinese authorities have also refused to provide live samples to international researchers.
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