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China / Economics / Technology / World

China’s Big Brother spy cameras are watching you

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2020) Visiting an Army base in the Dorset village of Bovington in 1923, the author Rudyard Kipling suggested the creation […]

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China / Covid19 / World

China would kill me for revealing the truth about Covid cover-up

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th July, 2020) A Chinese scientist who fled Hong Kong says she is putting her life in danger to warn the world […]

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North Korea / South Korea / World

Could Kim Jong-un’s sister become the world’s first woman dictator?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (June 21st, 2020) The language was the usual frothing mixture of aggression, bluster and insult that has become familiar from the North […]

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China / Covid19 / World

New evidence of how Beijing covered up outbreak

Published by The Mail on Sunday (June 7th 2020) Fresh evidence of China’s shocking cover-up of the pandemic outbreak has been found in censored media reports from Wuhan. Samples […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Beijing now admits virus didn’t start in market. So where did it come from?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st May, 2020) China has become used to public confessions on television. But this time the words came from one of the […]

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Covid19 / Health / Policy

Coronavirus is ‘uniquely adapted to infect humans’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (24th May, 2020) A team of scientists has produced evidence that the pandemic virus is ‘uniquely adapted to infect humans’, raising fresh […]

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China / Covid19 / Taiwan / World

In the shadow of the ‘wolf warriors’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th April, 2020) Life goes on almost as normal in Taiwan. The schools are full of children, the streets thronged with shoppers, […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Landmark study: Virus didn’t come from animals in Wuhan market

Published by The Mail on Sunday (17th May, 2020) China’s claims that the pandemic emerged from a wild animal market in Wuhan last December have been challenged by […]

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China / Economics / Technology / World

Legal threat over Boris 5G deal

Published by The Mail on Sunday ((17th May, 2020) The Government is facing legal action over its controversial deal to allow Huawei to play a role in building […]

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China / Covid19 / World

So when did Covid first erupt in China?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th May, 2020) On the afternoon of September 18 last year, the customs office at Wuhan Tianhe airport received an emergency message […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Wuhan expert’s concerns over lab safety

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd May, 2020) One of China’s leading experts on biosafety has admitted there are widespread deficiencies in security and maintenance at his […]

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China / Covid19 / World

Bat woman scientist denies she’s fled China

Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd May, 2020) A famous Chinese scientist known for her controversial work on bat-borne viruses has denied claims circulating on social media […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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