Sunday, April 23, 2023

Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story

 Chinese Censorship Is Quietly Rewriting the Covid-19 Story - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Under government pressure, Chinese scientists have retracted studies and withheld or deleted data. The censorship has stymied efforts to understand the virus. 

The shuttered Huanan market in Wuhan in 2021. Scientists say China has kept a tight rein on data from the market, where the first large cluster of coronavirus cases was found.Credit...Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times