1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
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“There were no real reforms, because doing reforms means admitting fault,” said a public health expert in contact with Chinese health officials. #OriginOfCovid
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Sobering reporting what Chinese scientists and dissident face: their children taken away if they say things authorities dislike.

This is why it’s understandable that they may parrot the official line on anything sensitive — and their personal communications are monitored.