The Chinese Ambassador to the United States, Mr Cui Tiankai, condemned as "absolutely crazy" US Senator Tom Cotton's claim that the Covid-19 outbreak is linked to some Chinese biowarfare research programme.
From the other end of the conspiracy mill are theories of covert US Central Intelligence Agency virus dissemination operations to subvert China's rise.
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