Despite the controversial
World Health Organization (WHO) report that dismissed the lab leak theory as the origin of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19), it is still widely believed that the disease originated from a virus at the
This is why German scientist Dr. Roland Wiesendanger found it “inexcusable and irresponsible” that some countries were outsourcing risky biotechnological research in China.
But many countries, particularly in Europe, prohibit some forms of biotechnological research for ethical reasons. China, on the other hand, has no qualms in carrying out all kinds of dangerous and ethically controversial research.
Because of these circumstances, China is “viewed as a dumping ground and giant test tube for all kinds of dangerous and ethically controversial research outlawed by Western countries, similar to how it became a dumping ground for recyclable waste in past decades,” according to Christina Lin, a California-based foreign and security policy analyst.