The version published in China Daily omitted a reference to the illness originating in China and spreading to the rest of the world. The piece was published in full on the authors' websites.
EU Ambassador to China Nicolas Chapuis said it was"regrettable" that a Chinese newspaper deleted a key phrase about the coronavirus from an opinion piece by EU officials.EU Ambassador to China Nicolas Chapuis said it was"regrettable" that a Chinese newspaper deleted a key phrase about the coronavirus from an opinion piece by EU officials.
"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 preexisting plans have been temporarily side-tracked," the
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