Chinese Embassy Expresses ‘Grave Concern’ Over Upcoming Hearing on COVID-19 Origins

China has expressed “grave concern” over a scheduled U.S. hearing on the origins of COVID-19.
According to an email sent by an official at the Chinese Embassy, China is in opposition to the investigation.
Li Xiang,  a counselor at the U.S. Chinese Embassy sent the email to Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) on April 14 at 2:15 a.m. Wenstrup is the chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The hearing is scheduled for April 18, under the title “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19, Part 2: China and the Available Intelligence.”
“I am Counselor Li Xiang with the Chinese Embassy in the US. I am reaching out to express our grave concern regarding the COVID-19 Origins hearing to be chaired by Congressman Wenstrup on next Tuesday. According to the announcement, the hearing is to examine ‘China’s complicity in the COVID-19’ crisis and hold China accountable. We firmly oppose it,” Xiang wrote in the email….}

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