China Responds to Donald Trump: ‘COVID-19 Might Have Originated from the US’

China issued a strong rebuttal to the US, specifically targeting Donald Trump, regarding the origins of COVID-19 on Wednesday (April 30, 2025). Once again, China reiterated that the virus might have originated in the US. To support its claims, China released a White Paper detailing how it managed the pandemic. This move came after statements by the Trump administration suggesting the virus leaked from a Chinese laboratory. The White Paper criticized the US for politicizing the issue of the virus’s origin and emphasized that China shared all relevant information with the WHO and the international community promptly. Joint research between China and the WHO concluded that a lab leak was ‘extremely unlikely.’ The document urged the US to address legitimate global concerns rather than feign ignorance. Evidence suggests that COVID-19 may have appeared in the US earlier than officially reported and before the outbreak in China. Despite this, the CIA announced in January that the pandemic was more likely linked to a Chinese lab than natural origins, though with low confidence in their assessment.