Chinese state run media blamed the United States for the outbreak.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I</ref>
Chinese state run media blamed the United States for the outbreak.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg7FwHteB0I</ref>
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On March 12, 2020 the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman initiated a [[conspiracy theory]] that the US military started the coronavirus in China,<ref> https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1238150527751319575</ref><ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref> Leftist media in the United States aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus to Wuhan, where it first manifested, racist.
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On March 12, 2020 the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman initiated a [[conspiracy theory]] that the US military started the coronavirus in China,<ref>https://news.trust.org/item/20200312152307-rlv7m</ref> Leftist media in the United States aided Chinese propaganda efforts by calling those who link the virus to Wuhan, where it first manifested, racist.<ref> https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1238150527751319575</ref>