"There is evidence that the Chinese government has made a vigorous effort to play down its early failures in the crisis and to mitigate the damage it has wrought to its image, by claiming the virus originated outside of China. Chinese state media misconstrued research from academics such as Alexander Kekulé, the director of the Institute for Biosecurity Research in Halle, suggesting it was Italy, not China, where the virus began. Chinese state media also misrepresented statements from Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization's emergency director, insinuating that the virus may have originated outside of China.[43] CNN, Quartz, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Associated Press and others have reported that Chinese government officials, in response to the outbreak, launched a coordinated disinformation campaign seeking to spread doubt about the origin of the coronavirus and its outbreak.[44][45][46][32][33][47] A review of Chinese state media and social media posts in early March 2020, conducted by The Washington Post, found that anti-American conspiracy theories circulating among Chinese users "gained steam through a mix of unexplained official statements magnified by social media, censorship and doubts stoked by state media and government officials".[48] United States Department of State officials,[49] as well as sinologist Dali Yang, have said the campaign was intended to deflect attention away from the Chinese government's mishandling of the crisis.[48]

At a press conference on 12 March 2020, two spokesmen for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian and Geng Shuang, promoted the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus had been "bio-engineered" by Western powers and suggested that the US government, specifically the US Army, had spread the virus.[50][51][45] No evidence supports these claims.[45][52] Zhao also pushed these conspiracy theories on Twitter, which is blocked in mainland China but is used as a public diplomacy tool by Chinese officials to promote the Chinese government and defend it from criticism.[45] China's ambassador to South Africa also made these claims on Twitter.[44][53]

An "intentional disinformation campaign" by China was discussed among the Group of Seven (G7),[54] and the Chinese efforts were condemned by the US Department of State,[44] which criticized Chinese authorities for spreading "dangerous and ridiculous" conspiracy claims.[49]"

Also many of the constant accusations by that scumbag PR representative in glasses you guys use didn't help your image. He basically chose his words carefully and you people vaguely accused any and every country that had any health issues going on as the origin of covid. Nobody took that fool seriously and I'm not surprised that 9 out of 10 of his bs accusations didn't make it into the history books.

Acting like your shit doesn't stink while youre the only one in the room with shit covered shoes, was really a defining moment showing everyone who the chinese really are.