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Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe

BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn’t up to the task and shouldn’t be the one to investigate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe

BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn’t up to the task and shouldn’t be the one to investigate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe

BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn’t up to the task and shouldn’t be the one to investigate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Experts question if WHO should lead pandemic origins probe

BEIJING (AP) — As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn’t up to the task and shouldn’t be the one to investigate.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years in prison and says he sneaked out of China last year to escape surveillance that included cameras trained on his apartment and pressure on his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years in prison and says he sneaked out of China last year to escape surveillance that included cameras trained on his apartment and pressure on his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years in prison and says he sneaked out of China last year to escape surveillance that included cameras trained on his apartment and pressure on his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

'Tracked for life': China relentless in erasing Tiananmen

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s deadly 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests never ended for Fan Baolin, who served 17 years in prison and says he sneaked out of China last year to escape surveillance that included cameras trained on his apartment and pressure on his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative of the COVID-19 virus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush mountain valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative of the COVID-19 virus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

China clamps down in hidden hunt for coronavirus origins

MOJIANG, China (AP) — Deep in the lush valleys of southern China lies the entrance to a mine shaft that once harbored bats with the closest known relative to COVID-19.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firms

WUHAN, China (AP) — In the early days in Wuhan, the first city first struck by the virus, getting a COVID test was so difficult that residents compared it to winning the lottery.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

For Chinese, US visa halt puts jobs, citizen hopes at risk

BEIJING (AP) — Courtney Huang fell in love with the U.S. as a nursing student in Texas. She ended up staying 13 years and wants to become a U.S. citizen.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

For Chinese, US visa halt puts jobs, citizen hopes at risk

BEIJING (AP) — Courtney Huang fell in love with the U.S. as a nursing student in Texas. She ended up staying 13 years and wants to become a U.S. citizen.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

For Chinese, US visa halt puts jobs, citizen hopes at risk

BEIJING (AP) — Courtney Huang fell in love with the U.S. as a nursing student in Texas. She ended up staying 13 years and wants to become a U.S. citizen.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor

NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor

NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise …
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

China-made phones, tablets tainted by coerced Uighur labor

NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

China's Uighurs trapped in factory toiling for tech titans

NANCHANG, China (AP) — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanners for a supplier to international tech giants such as Apple and Lenovo. Throughout the neighborhood, women in headscarves stroll through the streets, and Arabic signs advertise …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO