[Epoch Times, June 17, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Lin Yan compiled a report) When asked on Wednesday (June 16) whether US President Biden would call Chinese leader Xi Jinping as an old friend, he corrected Said that he and Xi Jinping are not old friends.
Biden met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday, and then he stated at a separate press conference that China is trying to shape itself into a responsible country in the pandemic of the Chinese Communist Party virus (COVID-19). But it is still unclear whether Beijing really wants to understand the origin of the virus.
Reuters reported that when asked if he would call Chinese President Xi Jinping through an “old friend relationship” to ask him to readmit investigators from the World Health Organization, Biden replied: “Let’s get straight to the point: we know each other well. (But) we are not old friends. It’s just a pure business relationship.”
Biden made it clear that he remains skeptical about China’s cooperation with the WHO investigation.
Biden said: “China (the CCP) is trying very hard to shape itself into a responsible and very active country. They are trying very hard to talk about how they can help the world with COVID-19 and vaccines.”
Biden added that there are certain things that do not need to be explained to the people of the world, because the people themselves will see the results.
He also asked in return, judging from the results, “Is China really trying to figure out this matter (the origin of the epidemic)?”
In May, Biden ordered the intelligence department to continue to prepare a more detailed report on the source of the COVID-19 virus, including whether the source was caused by contact with an infected animal or a laboratory accident.
The WHO-led team spent four weeks in Wuhan and surrounding areas with Chinese researchers in January and February. The first phase of its collaboration reported that the virus may have been transmitted from bats to humans through another animal. Yes, the possibility of the virus escaping from the laboratory is extremely small.
But the experts involved in the survey said that they were not allowed to have full access to the data that their Chinese counterparts had concluded, which frustrated them.
In March, the WHO-led team suggested another phase 2 study, but it has been rejected and resisted by China.
China stated that “politicizing” this issue will hinder investigations. “Politicization” is a common reason for the CCP’s excuses.
The White House has always stated that the first phase of the WHO study lacked transparency and was “inadequate and inconclusive.”
Wuhan Institute of Virology is one of the top virus research laboratories in China. After the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, the genetic information file of bat coronavirus was established, and it was used during the entire COVID-19 pandemic. Facing criticism for transparency.
The CCP authorities also promote the unproven theory that the virus may originate from other countries or even imported into China from overseas through the import of virus-contaminated frozen seafood. This claim has been opposed by some international scientists and institutions.
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