China’s Clean Energy Push is Powering Flying Taxis, Food Delivery Drones and Bullet Trains
China’s experiments in clean energy can feel like living in the future. Even when things don’t quite work.
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W.H.O. Dismisses Covid Origins Investigator for Sexual Misconduct
Peter K. Ben Embarek led a contentious international investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic.
China Rejects W.H.O. Accusations of Hiding Wuhan Covid Data
The rebukes came after overseas researchers discovered sequences that had not been previously shared.
WHO Accuses China of Withholding Data on Covid’s Origins
Genetic research from China suggests to some experts that the coronavirus may have sprung from a seafood market in Wuhan. Now the data are missing from a scientific database.
The Debate Over Covid’s Origin
Both U.S. political parties are now open to the idea that Covid may have come from a lab in China.
Your Thursday Briefing: Covid Origins Hearing Opens in the U.S.
Also, protests in Georgia and armed villagers in Kashmir.
China Moves to Erase the Vestiges of ‘Zero Covid’ to Deter Dissent
The ruling Communist Party is waging an ambitious propaganda campaign to rewrite the public’s memory of its handling of the pandemic, which included some of the harshest restrictions in the world.
Where Did Covid Originate? Here’s What We Know and Don’t Know
Scientists and spy agencies have tried to determine where the coronavirus originated, but conclusive evidence is hard to come by and the nation’s intelligence agencies are split.
China Dismisses Latest Claim That Lab Leak Likely Caused Covid
The response came after the Energy Department concluded with “low confidence” that the coronavirus emerged from a lab in Wuhan, China.
Your Friday Briefing: A Year of War
Also, Nigeria’s upcoming election and healthcare protests in China.