If they can't steal the technology perhaps they are not so competent or adept at handling extreme risk.
Did China just admit their bio-weapons lab leaked the virus?
Some Chinese researchers sell their laboratory animals to street vendors after they have finished experimenting on them.
At an emergency meeting in Beijing held last Friday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke about the need to contain the coronavirus and set up a system to prevent similar epidemics in the future.
A national system to control biosecurity risks must be put in place “to protect the people’s health,” Xi said, because lab safety is a “national security” issue.
Read more on The New York Post:
https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/dont-buy-chinas-story-the-coronavirus-may-have-leaked-from-a-lab/
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