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In a sharp escalation of tensions between the two superpowers, China announced on Tuesday that it would expel American journalists working for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.  Source: NYTimes First Hand Info from Expelled Journalist

“We must therefore examine the possibility of an inadvertent laboratory release of SARS-CoV-2.” Published: 17 March 2020The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9 Related: http://virological.org/

“Spreading conspiracy theories is dangerous and ridiculous. We wanted to put the government on notice we won’t tolerate it for the good of the Chinese people and the world.”Defense Department Spokeswoman Alyssa Farah wrote on Twitter on Friday that “the Communist Party of China has chosen to promulgate false & absurd conspiracy theories about the…

“The Military World Games were held in Wuhan in in October. ‘Perhaps the US delegates brought the coronavirus to Wuhan, and some mutation occurred to the virus, making it more deadly and contagious, and causing a widespread outbreak this year,’ a user posted on China’s Twitter-like Sina Weibo.” Source: PJMedia | Related: Tweet

Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist Chen Qiushi went missing. Chen’s friends and family have been unable to reach him since February 6, according to posts on his Twitter account. They say he was forcibly quarantined by Wuhan police. Chen’s Weibo account — which had more than 740,000 followers  — was shut down on the day…