Chinese officials claiming US created coronavirus does not violate Twitter rules

By Jerry Dunleavy

Published March 23, 2020 9:40pm ET

Chinese officials claiming US created coronavirus does not violate Twitter rules — "While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!" the president said on his Twitter account. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) | Alex Brandon

Twitter won’t ban Chinese Communist Party officials and diplomats spreading falsehoods about the origins of the novel coronavirus.

Beijing has engaged in a war of words with the United States, claiming the COVID-19 outbreak, which is widely believed to have originated in China, instead started with the U.S. military.

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