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Comment by Mao Ning
Spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
The conclusion that a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely was reached by the China-WHO joint expert team based on field visits to relevant laboratories in Wuhan.AI Verified (Jan 27, 2025)
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CBS News
1h ago
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Relevant: the quote directly addresses the core claim by saying a lab-related origin is "extremely unlikely," and CBS presents it as Mao Ning's response to the CIA's lab-origin assessment, so it provides a clear stance signal on the full statement. ([cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-covid-likely-originated-lab-low-confidence-assessment/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 1h ago
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The quote directly opposes the statement: it says "a laboratory leak is extremely unlikely." In the CBS article, Mao Ning is presented as disagreeing with the CIA's lab-origin assessment, so her position is against COVID originating from a lab-related incident rather than natural spillover.
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 59min ago
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AI Verified
CBS’s January 27, 2025 article contains the exact sentence and attributes it to “foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning.” China’s Foreign Ministry transcript for January 27, 2025 gives a closely matching official English rendering of the same remark, corroborating the attribution and date. ([cbsnews.com](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cia-covid-likely-originated-lab-low-confidence-assessment/))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 1h ago
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