The Australian’s exclusive about a “chilling” document produced by Chinese military scientists is based on a discredited 2015 book containing conspiracy theories about biological warfare which is freely available on the internet. The Xu Dezhong book (not a secret doc) is no smoking gun. It shows Chinese military scientists *thought* about coronavirus as a weapon (by the US). Chinese military academics are very given to bluster and conspiracy, especially when trying to sell books; similar texts come out in Chinese about any matter of subjects. “In fact our story states that it was published in 2015 by the Chinese Military Medical Science Press, a Chinese government-owned publishing house managed by the General Logistics Department of the PLA.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2021 17:26 UTC