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    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO urges China to share more data on possible Covid link to raccoon dogs

      Health body says genetic sequences are not definitive and all origin theories, including lab leak, remain on table

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      Chinese society
      China’s elderly protest against health insurance reforms

      Cash-strapped local authorities seek savings after high cost of battling Covid

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Demand for mourning flowers rises in Covid-hit Chinese province

      Chrysanthemum prices jump as China grapples with wave of coronavirus deaths

    • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China locks down 13m to contain Covid outbreak ahead of Winter Olympics

      Xi’an residents ordered to stay home in one of toughest clampdowns since virus emerged in Wuhan

    • Sunday, 28 November, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Worrying new strain shows the virus is not beaten

      Omicron variant highlights need to speed up vaccines to poorer nations

    • Friday, 29 October, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      US intelligence report sheds new light on Wuhan lab accident theory

      Declassified report reignites debate over whether China bears responsibility for pandemic’s origins

    • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      Would you eat a guinea pig?

      Globalisation and tourism are expanding western palates

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Beijing shuts down transport links as Delta variant spreads to cities

      Vaccinated citizens infected in latest outbreak, but expert insists China-made jabs are effective

    • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Italian blood samples revive debate over first signs of Covid in Europe

      New research suggests coronavirus could have been in Italy in October 2019 but is not conclusive

    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      US says Chinese scientists asked for removal of virus records from database

      Deletion of early Wuhan cases evidence of ‘deliberate obfuscation’ of Covid’s origins, expert says

    • Friday, 4 June, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Fauci urges China to release medical records of Wuhan lab workers

      Biden adviser calls for help on solving question of whether Covid ‘leaked’ from facility

    • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
      FT Swamp Notes
      What really happened in Wuhan? Premium content

      Jamie Metzl, author of ‘Hacking Darwin’ weighs in on why more evidence is needed to determine whether Covid-19 originated in a lab

    • Sunday, 30 May, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Getting to the bottom of the Wuhan lab theory

      Understanding the origins of this pandemic is vital to prevent another

    • Friday, 28 May, 2021
      Technology sector
      Further reading

      Wuhan lab; Cummings; Cathie Wood; and much more . . . 

    • Friday, 14 May, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Scientists demand fresh investigation into coronavirus lab-leak theory

      Idea that virus was released accidentally from Chinese facility ‘remains viable’, say academics

    • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO chief calls for further investigation into Covid-19 origins

      Tedros joined by US, UK and 12 other countries in blow to Beijing’s attempt to limit disclosures

    • Monday, 29 March, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Lab leak ‘unlikely’ to have caused Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO report

      Investigation suggests virus probably jumped from animals to humans in late 2019 in Chinese city of Wuhan

    • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO investigators deeply sceptical of China’s Covid origin theory

      Members of Wuhan team say authorities’ claim virus entered city on frozen food highly unlikely

    • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO dismisses coronavirus lab leak theory as ‘extremely unlikely’

      Scientists visiting Chinese city of Wuhan conclude that bats were most plausible source of virus

    • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Wuhan mission unlikely to settle charged debate on virus origins

      Beijing’s tight grip on WHO team casts doubt on prospects for scientists’ visit

    • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO investigators probe Wuhan virology lab

      Some China critics claim leak from institute may have led to coronavirus pandemic

    • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Chinese city suffers food shortages during Covid-19 lockdown

      Officials in Tonghua battle rare public outcry over late deliveries of daily necessities

    • Friday, 15 January, 2021
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      Wuhan is at the heart of a battle over the roots of coronavirus

      Rival narratives about the origin of the pandemic compete in the Chinese city where it began a year ago

    • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      WHO team arrives in Wuhan to probe origins of coronavirus

      Virologists land in China a week later than planned after Beijing delayed approving visas

    • Monday, 28 December, 2020
      Chinese politics & policy
      Chinese citizen journalist jailed after accusing officials of Covid cover-up

      Zhang Zhan sentenced to 4 years as Beijing reasserts official narrative of outbreak handling

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