Over the weekend, a transcript of an internal Chinese Communist Party speech appeared to reveal that President Xi Jinping knew about and was directing the response to the virus on January 7 -- almost two weeks before he commented on it publicly.

Over the weekend, a transcript of an internal Chinese Communist Party speech appeared to reveal that President Xi Jinping knew about and was directing the response to the virus on January 7 -- almost two weeks before he commented on it publicly. https://t.co/aukJCNvN2D

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