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EU ‘bowed to pressure from Beijing to censor a letter removing reference that the coronavirus originated in China’
EU pressured to remove a reference to the 'outbreak of the coronavirus in China'
The 'origin' opinion piece was published in the state-run China Daily newspaper
The letter 'would never have been published without the edit' - The Telegraph
By Rory Butler For Mailonline
Published: 21:27 EDT, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 02:43 EDT, 8 May 2020
The European Union has excised reference in a public letter that the coronavirus pandemic originated in China, after receiving pressure to do so from the Chinese foreign ministry.
The European External Action Service was pressured to remove a reference to the 'outbreak of the coronavirus in China' as an explanation for an abandoned EU-China summit.
The opinion piece was published in the state-run China Daily newspaper.
The EU received pressure to take out the origin claim after accusing the country of spreading falsehoods about coronavirus.
The EU's ambassador to China, Nicolas Chapuis, who co-wrote the opinion piece, said it was 'regrettable' the sentence about the spread of COVID-19 had been 'edited'.
It had been written to mark nearly a half century of diplomatic relations between the European Union and Beijing.
Norbert R?ttgen, head of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, was said to be in shock 'not once but twice', according to a report in The Telegraph.
'Speaking with one voice is important but it has to reflect our shared European values and interests.'...
EU ‘bowed to pressure from Beijing to censor a letter removing reference that the coronavirus originated in China’
EU pressured to remove a reference to the 'outbreak of the coronavirus in China'
The 'origin' opinion piece was published in the state-run China Daily newspaper
The letter 'would never have been published without the edit' - The Telegraph
By Rory Butler For Mailonline
Published: 21:27 EDT, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 02:43 EDT, 8 May 2020
The European Union has excised reference in a public letter that the coronavirus pandemic originated in China, after receiving pressure to do so from the Chinese foreign ministry.
The European External Action Service was pressured to remove a reference to the 'outbreak of the coronavirus in China' as an explanation for an abandoned EU-China summit.
The opinion piece was published in the state-run China Daily newspaper.
The EU received pressure to take out the origin claim after accusing the country of spreading falsehoods about coronavirus.
The EU's ambassador to China, Nicolas Chapuis, who co-wrote the opinion piece, said it was 'regrettable' the sentence about the spread of COVID-19 had been 'edited'.
It had been written to mark nearly a half century of diplomatic relations between the European Union and Beijing.
Norbert R?ttgen, head of the German parliament's foreign affairs committee, was said to be in shock 'not once but twice', according to a report in The Telegraph.
'Speaking with one voice is important but it has to reflect our shared European values and interests.'...