It's like a farce, and the participants don't even know it.
Recently, some media reported that the "Five Eyes Alliance", an intelligence-sharing alliance composed of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom, submitted a so-called "investigation report" to Western intelligence agencies, accusing China of covering up the new crown pneumonia epidemic and claiming that "the new crown virus may originate from the Wuhan Institute of Virology".
As soon as the news came out, it immediately triggered widespread doubts and opposition from the international community.
The German government says it doesn't believe it!
According to reports by German "Der Spiegel Online" and North German Television on May 8, local time, the German Federal Intelligence Agency introduced this so-called "investigation report" to the German Bundestag on the 6th. Participants said that the deputy director of the German Federal Intelligence Agency, Werner Schesny, had questioned the intelligence services of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom about the report, but the intelligence services of all five countries said they were not aware of the so-called "investigation report".
Schesney believes that the so-called secret report may have been done by an external cooperative agency and eventually worn by Zhang Guanli, "and may even be targeted disinformation".
△ Screenshot of the German "Der Spiegel Online" report
In addition, Der Spiegel reported that germany's Federal Intelligence Agency last week asked the "Five Eyes" intelligence agency to verify that the new coronavirus originated in Chinese laboratories, but none of the intelligence agencies were willing to confirm this claim.
△ Screenshot of the Spiegel Weekly report
Der Spiegel also noted that an internal document to German Federal Defense Minister Karenbauer called the claim that "the Chinese laboratory leaked the virus" a "calculated" diversion. The internal document argues that the White House is trying to use this narrative to cover up its mistakes in fighting the epidemic and to pass on the anger of the people to China.
The British media also questioned!
This week, the British newspaper The Guardian quoted intelligence sources as saying there was no evidence that the new coronavirus originated from the Virology Institute in Wuhan. The person pointed out that the investigation report did not come from the intelligence of the "Five Eyes Alliance". It is likely that it originally came from the United States, and its purpose is to create negative public opinion and put pressure on China.
The "Five Eyes Alliance" was busy clarifying: Not what I said!
Even the "Five Eyes Alliance" itself has debunked the rumors. According to the Washington Post, the "Five Eyes Alliance" recently said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic is "unlikely" to be caused by a leak accident in the laboratory.
Politicians uncover conspiracies!
On May 8, local time, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd commented in the British "Guardian" newspaper, exposing the media tycoon Murdoch's News Corp series of media involved in concocting lies that "the new crown virus originated from the Wuhan laboratory", with the intention of helping the current US President Trump to be re-elected.
△ The British "Guardian" published Kevin Rudd's signed article, titled "Murdoch Media Reports the Only Purpose of the 'Chinese Virus' Conspiracy Theory: To Get Trump Elected"
Kevin Rudd wrote that Maxon, a reporter for the Daily Telegraph, a member of the American media mogul Murdoch, first concocted 15 pages of so-called "top-secret intelligence" and then colluded with Murdoch on the Fox Television Network in the United States, which is one of President Trump's particularly favored media. However, as the suspicious points were broken one by one, the public gradually discovered that the so-called "top secret intelligence" did not come from what Maxon called the "Five Eyes Alliance", and Maxson only made a head-to-tail patchwork based on public reports.
Rudd stressed that Murdoch's media assisted the current US government in publishing fake news and setting up some "virtual opponents", mainly to let the current government get rid of the accusation of ineffective anti-epidemic and find excuses for the continuous decline of the US economy. In fact, Murdoch is helping the current US President Trump to win votes.
△ Murdoch and Trump Pictured from Reuters
Australia's first ambassador to China, experts and scholars, business representatives and other people from all walks of life have criticized the so-called proposal to "launch an independent investigation into the source of the new crown virus".
Australia's first ambassador to China, Fei Sifen, stressed that Australia should not join the "condemnation panel" instigated by the United States. In his view, the investigation proposed by the United States was not based on facts and was entirely ideologically instigated.
Forrest, chairman of Australia's Fortescue Mining Company, also said that before the US election in November, the demand to investigate the source of the virus was purely for political purposes, just to help the election. If you want to study the ins and outs of the virus, why can't you do it after the epidemic has stabilized, after the dust has settled in the US election?
British Health Secretary Matthew Hancock said recently while participating in a British Sky TV program: "We have conducted an investigation and there is no evidence that this virus is artificially created. ”
Scientists from all over the world have something to say!
Tracing the origin of the virus, after all, is a scientific problem. The scientific community has also been vocal about this, stressing that the new crown virus is not artificial.
A few days ago, Vincent Recanero, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University in the United States, said in an exclusive interview with the main station reporter that the view that the new crown virus comes from the laboratory is a baseless accusation, and there is a large amount of scientific data to prove that the virus originates from nature. He also explained the fundamental differences between the new coronavirus and the artificial virus from a scientific point of view, and argued that the "conspiracy theory of the origin of the virus" may be driven by political purposes.
Roberto Cauda, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the General Hospital of the Sacred Heart University in Rome, Italy, also recently said that there is no scientific evidence that the virus comes from the laboratory.
Kawuda stressed that the fight against the epidemic first requires governments and people to take responsibility and carry out effective prevention and control. At the same time, he praised China's openness and transparency. "Although the epidemic situation is different in each country, I would like to emphasize that colleagues in China have disclosed to the scientific community the experience they have gained in practice, which has been very useful in the subsequent response of countries to the epidemic."
Source: CCTV news client