Wet markets

Science & Tech

Chinese scientists publish error-strewn Covid paper in top scientific journal

The Nature publication is based on swabs from the Huanan wet market and elsewhere

Alice C. Hughes

The Atlantic’s raccoon dog Covid origin story fails to clear the first hurdle

The doctor it cites has never claimed the Wuhan wet market was the source of the virus

Matt Ridley

Britain’s bid to become China’s best friend in the West is over

Hawkishness on China is going to be one of the issues that binds together the new Tory electoral coalition

James Forsyth

Half of Americans want their state to sue China for coronavirus damages

And 70 percent of voters polled said China should be forced to allow independent investigators into the country to investigate the origins of the virus

Amber Duke

China

Time to ban wet markets

China’s rampant consumption of exotic animals and lack of hygiene standards is far from above criticism

Melissa Chen