The censored passage referred to the 'outbreak of the coronavirus in China, and its subsequent spread to the rest of the world over the past three months.'
The European Union has accused China of censoring a letter signed by the bloc's ambassadors to the country and published in a state-controlled newspaper, removing a passage suggesting that the coronavirus pandemic originated in China.
The original letter included the passage:"But the outbreak of the coronavirus in China, and its subsequent spread to the rest of the world over the past three months, has meant that our pre-existing plans have been temporarily side-tracked."
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