Why is China resisting an independent inquiry into how the pandemic started?

Beijing is under growing pressure from the United States, Australia and European powers to allow an international inquiry in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.Analysts say Beijing has resisted calls from the Western powers – particularly the US – for an independent investigation into the handling and source of the outbreak for fear of how it will further dent its global image, already battered by criticism of initial cover-ups and combative Chinese efforts to reshape the…

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