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The world is watching as a team of COVID-19 detectives from the World Health Organisation officially entered the Chinese city of Wuhan to investigate inside the infamous origins of the virus. Much anticipation rests on the shoulders of these 10 researchers but questions remain over just how much access they will receive during their two-week visit in the city where the deadly virus originated in late 2019. The team were spotted emerging from their two-week hotel quarantine and boarding a bus after undergoing a long series of tests, but their final destination was another Hilton resort-like hotel where they will stay during their visit.
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The Chinese Communist Party is likely to “react furiously” to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s declaration Beijing is committing genocide against religious minorities.
Sky News China correspondent Tom Cheshire said the move is “deeply significant” especially for an administration in its final hours.
The United States has officially claimed the Chinese Communist Party is carrying out genocide against religious minorities in the Xinjiang province.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Communist Party is systematically killing the Uighur people in Xinjiang in China’s west along with other minority groups.
“I believe this genocide is ongoing and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy the Uighurs by the Chinese party state,” Mr Pompeo said.
Mr Cheshire said Beijing will likely “react furiously” and paint the move as being “politically motivated”.
Foreign Correspondents Clubs in Asia Express Concerns About Detained Chinese Journalist
Foreign Correspondents’ Clubs (FCCs) in seven Asian regions issued a joint statement on Dec. 15, expressing concerns over the detention of a Chinese journalist working for Bloomberg News.
Fan Haze, a Chinese citizen, was taken from her home in Beijing by plainclothes officers of the local state security bureau on Dec. 7, allegedly on suspicion of endangering national security. She worked for numerous foreign media, including Reuters and Al Jazeera, before she started working for Bloomberg in 2017.
“The FCCs stand by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China in its efforts to seek an explanation on why the Chinese authorities detained Fan,” stated the seven FCCs of Japan, Hong Kong, Jakarta, the Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, and Thailand.