The Latest Breaking News from Wuhan

A tour guide competition was held in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late May. This was not some fun contest. According to Chinese state media, it was a carefully conceived effort to “attract and cultivate a group of politically firm and professionally skilled storytellers of heroes and martyrs…

One person has died in an apparent shooting at an outdoor restaurant in the city of Wuhan in what would be a rare case of gun violence in China

In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…

The potential for human infection has yet to be explored

There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.

The CIA now considers a lab leak the most likely origin of COVID-19 but holds "low confidence" in the theory.

CIA investigates Covid-19 lab leak theory in China. Assessment points to Wuhan lab incident as likely cause. Significant shift in CIA's position.

Built in just days as Covid-19 cases spiked in Wuhan in early 2020, the Huoshenshan Hospital was once celebrated as a symbol of the Chinese city's fight against the virus that first emerged there.

Whether Covid-19 was unleashed by a laboratory mishap or spilled over from animals remains an enduring, fiercely contested mystery.