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April 13, 2020

Taiwan releases December email to WHO showing unheeded warning about coronavirus

The World Health Organization (WHO) is under fire after Taiwan released the contents of a December email inquiring about the person to person spread of COVID-19, saying it was instead ignored by WHO and denied adequate information to fight the virus. 

April 13, 2020

White House says federally funded news service 'spends your money to promote foreign propaganda'

The White House ripped into Voice of America (VOA), a federally-funded news service, on Friday, claiming it used taxpayer money to further Chinese propaganda surrounding the coronavirus.

April 13, 2020

China's low COVID-19 body count, secrecy adds to credibility concerns

As the death toll grows in other parts of the world from coronavirus, China's insistence on an implausible body count - despite reporting a bump in cases of infection on Monday - is not only being ridiculed but chipping away at what little credibility the country has left. 

April 13, 2020

US, African countries slam Chinese city’s mistreatment of some visitors as racist

U.S. and African countries are taking China to task over racist mistreatment of Africans and African-Americans in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

April 13, 2020

China reports largest uptick in coronavirus cases in more than a month, says most were 'imported'

China on Monday reported its largest uptick in new coronavirus infections in more than a month, but said most of them are imported. 

April 13, 2020

Russian border new battleground as China's COVID-19 cases sharply rise: report

A few weeks after oppressive restrictions were lifted Wuhan, China’s northeast Heilongjiang province,  which borders Russia, has become the new battleground against the coronavirus as authorities reported the highest number of new daily cases in nearly six weeks, driven by infected travelers from overseas, Reuters reported Sunday.

April 12, 2020

China stifles coronavirus research in apparent bid to control narrative, analysts say

Two websites for leading universities in China seem to have published and then deleted academic research about the origins of the coronavirus, according to a report.

April 12, 2020

China was 'not truthful' about initial coronavirus outbreak, ex-FDA boss Gottlieb says

Former Food and Drug Administration [FDA] Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Sunday he believes China was "not truthful" about the initial outbreak of the coronavirus.

April 12, 2020

China offers tax breaks to wild animal exports despite banning trade at home over coronavirus fears: report

China is offering tax incentives to wild animal exports despite banning their sale and consumption within the country amid fears that the practice was responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Sunday report.

April 12, 2020

China tries to shape coronavirus narrative through viral messages

China has been buying up ads on U.S. social-media sites and adopting online tactics reminiscent of Russian disinformation campaigns in an apparent attempt to shape the story internationally about the coronavirus response, according to researchers analyzing the activity.