China in Focus (Jan. 15): WHO Scientists Arrive in China to Investigate CCP Virus Origins

Tiffany Meier
By Tiffany Meier
January 15, 2021China in Focus
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A team of scientists from the World Health Organization arrived in China. Their month-long trip aims to investigate the origins of the pandemic as Beijing repeatedly attempts to shift blame and claim the virus is coming into China from abroad.

Citizens from China’s Hebei province face a new kind of discrimination. It seems to be driven by fear of the virus amid the country’s surging infection rates. Vegetable prices skyrocket in some regions, while others suffer from drought and water shortages.

Questions rise about President-elect Joe Biden’s China policy. Some speculate he’ll seek to replace a number of Trump-era rules.

And the United States blacklists a Chinese oil giant. The Commerce Department says it’s bullying other countries in the South China Sea.

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