Chinese court hears US$53.5 billion Covid defamation case against US state of Missouri

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Court in Wuhan begins proceedings in lawsuit by mainland authorities and institutes over ‘false information’

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Phoebe Zhangin Shenzhen

A Chinese court has begun hearings in a defamation case filed by authorities and institutes in Beijing and Wuhan against the US state of Missouri over accusations tied to Covid-19.

In a notice on Monday, the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court said it held a hearing on Friday and legal proceedings were continuing.

The case was jointly filed on April 30, 2025 by the Wuhan government in Hubei province, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and its subordinate entity, the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), against Missouri and two of its former attorneys general, Eric Schmitt and Andrew Bailey.

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