Robotaxi outage in China’s Wuhan leaves passengers stranded in moving traffic More than 100 of the Baidu driverless vehicles stopped running because of a system malfunction The Guardian - US · Apr 1
Passengers stranded in moving traffic after robotaxi outage in China's Wuhan More than 100 Baidu robotaxis stopped running in the Chinese city of Wuhan because of a system malfunction, leaving some passengers stranded in moving traffic The Independent UK · Apr 1
China unveils UFO-shaped eVTOL vehicle capable of urban takeoffs A UFO-shaped eVTOL aircraft, built for tight urban air mobility, has been completing tests flights in Wuhan, China. Euronews · Mar 19
Coco Gauff rallies to defeat Jessica Pegula in all-American Wuhan Open final Gauff came from two breaks down in the second set to defeat Pegula 6-4 7-5 The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2025
Emma Raducanu: British No1 issues fitness update after Wuhan Open retirement Former US Open champion is ranked world No30 Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025
Aryna Sabalenka takes down Elena Rybakina to extend Wuhan Open winning run Sabalenka defeated Rybakina 6-3 6-3 to set up a semi-final with Jessica Pegula The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025
Novak Djokovic recovers after collapsing on court to reach Wuhan Open quarter-final Intense heat and humidity has taken its toll on several players at the tournament Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025
Emma Raducanu retires from first-round match at stiflingly hot Wuhan Open Emma Raducanu retired after a medical timeout when trailing Ann Li 6-1, 4-1, while Novak Djokovic struggled through in Shanghai despite vomiting The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025
Wuhan Open: Emma Raducanu retires ill in first-round clash with Ann Li Briton has endured a rough patch of form Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025
Emma Raducanu forced to retire at Wuhan Open amid ‘overwhelming’ tennis schedule Raducanu withdrew ill during the second set of her match against Ann Li as debate rages about the packed nature of tennis’s calendar The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025
UN and rights groups condemn reported jailing of Wuhan Covid citizen journalist Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government critics The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2025
Chinese Covid whistleblower ‘sentenced to 4 more years in jail’ Zhang Zhan sentenced to prison on charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ in China The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025
Photos show scientists breeding rare and endangered animals in China’s longest river A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists find ways to protect and breed the rare mammals in China’s longest river. The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025
How conspiracy theories about COVID’s origins are hampering our ability to prevent the next pandemic In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), published an assessment of the origins of COVID. The Conversation · Jul 29, 2025
The Conversation · Jun 27, 2025 China is constructing a new hero cult – here’s why that matters A tour guide competition was held in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late May. This was not some fun contest. According to Chinese state media, it was a carefully conceived effort to “attract and cultivate a group of politically firm and professionally skilled storytellers of heroes and martyrs…
The Independent UK · May 19, 2025 One dead in apparent shooting in rare case of gun violence in China One person has died in an apparent shooting at an outdoor restaurant in the city of Wuhan in what would be a rare case of gun violence in China
Reason · May 2, 2025 Trump's Budget Calls for $17 Billion Cut to NIH, Citing Lax Oversight of Gain-of-Function Research in Wuhan The White House budget plan says the agency's failure to prove it was not complicit in a possible lab leak shows it's "too big and unfocused."
The Independent UK · May 1, 2025 China suggests Covid-19 originated in US in response to Trump allegation China said the Wuhan lab leak virus theory was ‘extremely unlikely’
Fortune · Apr 19, 2025 White House doubles down on its lab leak theory, annihilating the original COVID-19 information website and replacing it with its own claims Trump believes the COVID-19 pandemic started from a research lab in Wuhan, China.
The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025 5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…
The Conversation · Feb 25, 2025 The ‘lab-leak origin’ of Covid-19. Fact or fiction? In a January 24 interview with the far-right-wing outlet Breitbart News, newly appointed CIA director John Ratcliffe stated that assessing intelligence on a potential Wuhan lab leak was a top priority. The following day, The New York Times reported that the agency had shifted from an undecided stance to favoring a…
Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2025 New bat strain of coronavirus discovered by researchers in Wuhan The potential for human infection has yet to be explored
Reason · Feb 6, 2025 USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.
Latin Times · Jan 26, 2025 CIA Now Believes COVID-19 Originated in a Lab, But Has 'Low Confidence' in Theory The CIA now considers a lab leak the most likely origin of COVID-19 but holds "low confidence" in the theory.
Top News · Jan 26, 2025 CIA Asserts Covid-19 Likely Originated From Lab Leak In China CIA investigates Covid-19 lab leak theory in China. Assessment points to Wuhan lab incident as likely cause. Significant shift in CIA's position.