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COVID-19 origins: What has China done for origins tracing?

The WHO-China joint study team enters the Huanan seafood wholesale market in Wuhan, China, January 31, 2021. /CFPOrigins tracing has been one of the priorities of China

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COVID-19 origins: Could the virus have spread through cold chain?

Medical staff takes a cold-chain sample in a local pharmaceutical warehouse, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province, December 6, 2020. /CFPIn the World Health Organization (W

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A quick reminder of WHO's last COVID-19 origins study visit

China last week rejected the World Health Organization's (WHO) suggested plan on the second phase of coronavirus origin-tracing, which prioritizes lab leak theory, sayi

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WHO expert: Former CDC director's virus leak claims are 'damaging'

Robert Redfield, former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. /CFP An expert from the World Health Organization has said a claim by former director of the U.S. Cente

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World's oldest captive giant panda celebrates 38th birthday

A birthday party was held at a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Sunday for a celebrity "granny panda" named Xinxing, who turned 38 this year. A birthday

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Wild giant panda family spotted by Chinese villagers

A female giant panda and her cub were spotted by a local family on their way to a virgin forest in Baoxing County in the city of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Provi

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Beijing: World is facing a war between truth and lies over COVID-19

01:20 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying underscored a "war between truth and lies" on Thursday, responding to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's

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Top "virus hunter" highlights what China's done in containing COVID-19

A British-American zoologist and expert on disease ecology praised China's contribution to curbing COVID-19, criticized politicization of this pandemic and called on al

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What do you know about pangolins?

"Pangolin" hasprobably become one of the most trending words these days after a research found out that the animal could be a possible host of novel coronavirus. But ju

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Conflicting studies on source of coronavirus divides scientists

The mysterious source of the novel coronavirus outbreak, originating in Wuhan, China and spreading globally, has led to a steep divide among scientists worldwide.While a team of scientists has rai