Bubonic Plague
German Warfare
The Astonishing Size Of The Soviet Biowarfare Programme
Does China Have A Biowarfare Programme
The Commercialisation Of China's Military Enterprises
Made In China Plan
Wuhan And The Pharma Industry
Illumina And Crispr
China's Biotechnology Race
Bioethics And Gain Of Function Debate
The Virus Hunters
The Mysterious Sars Outbreak 2002-03
Going Bats In China
The Strange Story Of France And Wuhan's Bs4-Lab
Looking For A Gas Leak With A Lighted Match
Secrecy Stopped China's Disease Control Centre From Doing Its Job
'Its All Fake': Confusion And Deception In Wuhan
China And The World Health Organisation
Panic And Dissent In Wuhan

The coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, home to the leading lab studying the SARS virus and bats. Was that pure coincidence? This book explores what we know, and still don't know, about the origins of COVID-19, and how it was handled in China. We may never get all the answers, but much is already clear: China's record as the origin of earlier pandemics, and its struggle to bring contagious diseases under control; its history as both a victim of biological warfare and a developer of deadly bioweapons. When Covid broke out, Wuhan was building science parks to realise Beijing's ambitions in biotech research. Whoever achieves global leadership of the gene-editing industry stands to harvest great power and wealth. China has already challenged Western technological supremacy with 5G and in other industries. Yet this tiny, invisible virus has cruelly exposed a critical flaw in the Chinese political system: obsessive secrecy. The West wanted to trust the PRC, hoping that, as it prospered, it would become an open society. Made in China reveals how Beijing's leaders have betrayed that trust.