Now, the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world.” China has denied the lab leak theory. The Post has contacted the CIA for comment.

China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission.

China said Monday it was "extremely unlikely" COVID-19 came from a laboratory, after the CIA said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission.

The Chinese spy balloon that traversed across the US in 2023 was secretly fitted out with American technology that may have ...

And it will designate a chief technology officer ... said he had urged the CIA for years to “reorient its priorities and resources” toward global competitors like China. He praised the ...

In doing so, the CIA has now joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Energy Department in identifying a laboratory mishap in Wuhan, China, as the probable source of the Covid virus.

While the pandemic, which began in 2020, affected billions globally, the report expresses low confidence in China's animal-origin claims. The CIA continues to evaluate both lab and natural-origin ...