NY Times: How the Chinese propaganda machine is changing the coronavirus narrative

Finally, the third message the Times found Chinese state media pushing was the idea that the origin of the coronavirus is unknown. More specifically, Chinese government officials have claimed the origin may have been the United States. This started last month when a Chinese epidemiologist said the source was unknown. When U.S. media sources announced the first case of the virus in the U.S., a mistranslated version of the message began spreading on Chinese social media which said that the U.S. had admitted the virus originated here. The normally censorious government minders who monitor Chinese social media decided to let this false claim go viral.

via hotair.com

This is incredibly slimy. Basically, a black info-war move. Damn them.