A Chinese foreign ministry official reportedly said publishing the report would make Beijing 'very angry'. FMTNews China Covid19
A resident walks past government propaganda poster featuring Tiananmen Gate in Wuhan last Thursday.
The Chinese Mission to the EU was not immediately available for comment and China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to faxed questions about the exchange. Four diplomatic sources told Reuters that the report had initially been slated for release on April 21 but was delayed after Chinese officials picked up on a Politico news report hat previewed its findings.
The four sources said the report had been delayed as a result, and a comparison of the internal version of the report obtained by Reuters and the final version published late Friday showed several differences. The public summary did note “significant evidence of covert Chinese operations on social media”, but the reference was left to the final six paragraphs of the document.
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