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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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How China is exploiting pandemic panic

Published by UnHerd (30th April, 2020) Who could argue with this statement on coronavirus made by Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, as pandemic rampages around the planet? ‘This […]

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Study exposes terrible effect of Beijing delays

Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th April, 2020) China might have cut the number of coronavirus cases by 95 per cent if it had acted immediately after […]

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China muzzled its Bat Woman

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th April, 2020) A Chinese scientist who is the one of the world’s leading experts on coronaviruses was ‘muzzled’ after unravelling the […]

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China’s toxic lackey

Published by The Mail on Sunday (5th April, 2020) The Great Hall of the People has held many historic events since it was built six decades ago as […]

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China is not the hero in this darkest hour

Published by UnHerd (23rd March, 2020) First came the virus — a parasitic germ so small that it cannot be seen by an optical microscope but so powerful […]

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How coronavirus exposes the Chinese state

Published by The i paper (10th February, 2020) Among those attending the global elite’s annual get together in Davos last month was a Singaporean professor and former president of […]

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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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