Rarest of gifts Chinese battery Rh-negative blood donated maker witnesses US West ablaze with love, care and hope expansion California’s biggest fire destroys homes WORLD, PAGE 11 CHINA, PAGE 6 BUSINESS, PAGE 14 as region burns CHINADAILY MONDAY, July 26, 2021 www.chinadailyhk.com HK $10 Washington US urged to ‘lab leak’ theory lacks show goodwill basis in fact By MINLU ZHANG in New York [email protected] in China talks Some US politicians are again call- ing for an investigation into the Wuhan “lab leak” conspiracy theory Visiting delegation told to abandon after The Wall Street Journal pub- lished a report in May. However, a clos- ‘sense of superiority’ to advance ties er look at the report reveals that the hypothesis has no basis in fact, accord- By ZHANG YUNBI jiang Uygur autonomous region and ing to investigators and experts. [email protected] COVID-19 origin tracing. US President Joe Biden Xie Feng, vice-foreign minister in Inside ordered intelligence offi- Chinese officials and scholars have charge of China-US relations, will cials to investigate the ori- Editorial, urged Washington to abandon its hold talks with Sherman, according gins of COVID-19, page 9 sense of superiority, saying that Bei- to a statement by the Chinese For- including the possibility jing will not back down if visiting US eign Ministry. State Councilor and that it originated at the Wuhan Insti- diplomats insist on dealing with Chi- Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also tute of Virology in Hubei province. The na from “a position of strength” at an meet Sherman. China’s Wang Han order followed a Wall Street Journal upcoming meeting. The visit has been overshadowed (top) and Shi report published on May 23 that China will respond with goodwill by State Department officials’ recent Tingmao compete in claimed three staff members at the at the negotiating table if Washing- comments that the US will deal with the women’s 3-meter institute become ill in November 2019. ton decides to stop exerting pressure China from “a position of strength” synchronized The report said the claim added and shows a willingness to advance during Sherman’s visit. springboard diving weight to suspicions that the virus may cooperation and manage the differ- “If the US has not learned to treat final at the Tokyo have leaked from the lab. ences between the two sides, experts other countries on an equal foot- Aquatics Centre on At a news briefing on Wednesday, added. ing, China has the obligation to Sunday. The pair won Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes- US Deputy Secretary of State Wen- work with the international com- China’s first diving man Zhao Lijian questioned why the dy Sherman arrived in Tianjin on munity to help the US make up for gold medal of the United States had not produced evi- Sunday for a two-day visit, a key dip- this lesson,” Wang Yi told reporters Tokyo 2020 Olympic dence to back up the claim. lomatic step following the high-level on Saturday. Games. “If they tested positive for COVID-19, China-US strategic dialogue in The US always wants to use its WANG JINGQIANG / XINHUA I’m asking the US to provide test Anchorage, Alaska, in March. strength to pressure other countries reports. I’m sure the US doesn’t have The two largest economies in the and thinks it is superior, Wang said any evidence, because what’s been said world have seen their ties further when asked about Washington’s is a total lie. It’s using the origin tracing strained in recent months amid tough words ahead of the visit. process to stigmatize China,” Zhao said. Washington’s attacks over issues One of the authors of The Wall such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Xin- See Visit, page 4 Street Journal report is Michael R. Gordon, who in the past has written reports based on undisclosed sources. He co-authored a controversial City of Quanzhou included on article for The New York Times with Judith Miller in September 2002. Titled “Threats and Responses: The UNESCO World Heritage List Iraqis; US Says Hussein Intensifies Quest for A-Bomb Parts”, the report By WANG KAIHAO in Beijing cultural elements, according to the Chen Lijun (left) celebrates after his winning lift in the men’s 67-kilogram weightlifting division, asserted that “Iraq has stepped up its and HU MEIDONG in Fuzhou Quanzhou Cultural Heritage Nomi- and Li Fabin competes in the men’s 61kg competition, which he won at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. quest for nuclear weapons and has nation Office. PHOTOS BY LUCA BRUNO / AP AND VINCENZO PINTO / AFP embarked on a worldwide hunt for “Quanzhou: Emporium of the Tian Xuejun, chairman of the 44th materials to make an atomic bomb”. World in Song-Yuan China” was Session and director of China’s inscribed onto the UNESCO World National Commission for UNESCO, See Origin, page 4 Heritage List on Sunday during the said Quanzhou’s inscription on the Chinese athletes lead Tokyo gold rush ongoing 44th Session of the World list reflected the international com- Heritage Committee, which is hosted munity’s recognition of its status as a By WANG XU in Tokyo da’s Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citri- Olympic gold in a men’s event. The in Fuzhou, Fujian province. channel of Sino-foreign cultural and and SUN XIAOCHEN in Beijing ni-Beaulieu who took silver with oldest winner was Zhang Guo - Medal List The new entry includes 22 sites economic exchanges and a key node 300.78. Team Germany earned the zheng in 2004, who won the men’s and monuments across Quanzhou, in the ancient Maritime Silk Road China led the gold rush on the bronze medal with 284.97 points. 69kg division. Ranking Total which jointly reflect a prosperous trade route. second day of the Tokyo 2020 The Chinese duo were tied with Li, renowned for his “flamingo” 1 China 6 1 4 11 picture of maritime trade from the The Song-Yuan heritages in Quan- Olympic Games with weightlifters the United States pair after their lifting style where he stands on one 10th to 14th centuries. zhou provide an example in today’s Li Fabin, Chen Lijun and divers Shi second dive. The US dropped out leg for balance, lifted 141kg in the 2 Japan 5 1 0 6 The Song (960-1279) and Yuan world for exchanges and mutual Tingmao and Wang Han launch- of contention and China led the snatch and 172kg in the clean and 3 US 4 2 4 10 (1271-1368) dynasties witnessed a learning among civilizations and a ing the national team to the top of five rounds before taking the gold jerk for a combined total of 313kg. 4 South Korea 2 0 3 5 peak in ancient Chinese maritime community with a shared future for the medal table. with an inward two-and-a-half Both his clean and jerk and total 5 ROC 1 4 2 7 trade, and Quanzhou, then known mankind, he said. Inside Team China somersaults pike dive that carries weight set Olympic records. overseas as Zayton, grew into one of Key sites in Quanzhou include Kai- secured six golds, a high degree of difficulty of 3.0. Li also holds the world records 6 Italy 1 1 3 5 the busiest seaports in the world. yuan Temple — the biggest ancient See more, one silver and They said they were focused on in the snatch, with 145kg, and the 7 Australia 1 1 1 3 The 22 representative historic Buddhist temple in Fujian province pages 19, 20 four bronzes to executing the dive, regardless of combined total, with 318kg. 7 monuments and sites include — Luoyang Bridge, Qingjing Mosque lead the medal the points on offer. “I think no mat- Also, Chen kept up China’s win- France 1 1 1 3 administrative buildings and struc- — one of the oldest mosques in China haul, ahead of hosts Japan, who ter what we got, gold or silver, it ning start in the weightlifting by 9 Hungary 1 1 0 2 tures; facilities showing the city’s — and the archaeological site of the grabbed five golds and one silver. doesn’t define our success,” Shi securing victory in the men’s 67kg 9 Tunisia 1 1 0 2 structure, such as its gates, walls and Maritime Trade Office, established in The United States was in third said after the event. “It’s just the class. Source: IOC CHINA DAILY roads; religious sites and statues that 1087 as a national-level key institu- place with four gold, two silver and work (involved). The gold medal On Saturday, student Yang Qian witnessed multicultural communi- tion guiding trade. four bronze medals. means we trained hard.” won China’s first gold of the Tokyo ties; cultural memorial sites and “Since the accession to the World A traditional diving power, China Wang said: “We work very hard Games in the women’s 10-meter air monuments; iron and ceramic pro- Heritage Convention (in 1985), China won its first diving gold medal of the in training. We make all the effort rifle. China’s two other gold medals duction sites; and the city’s transpor- has always worked closely with other Games on Sunday when Shi and we can in our training every day on Saturday were won by Hou Zhi- © 2021 China Daily All Rights Reserved tation network formed by bridges, state parties and relevant interna- Wang secured victory in the wom- and after five years we were fully hui in the women’s 49kg weightlift- A member of the Vol.25 — No.