Editing Wuhan (section)

===People's Republic===
[[File:Wuhan-Flood-Memorial-0220.jpg|thumb|upright|In his poem "Swimming" (1956), engraved on the [[1954 Yangtze River Floods|1954 Flood]] Memorial in Wuhan, [[Mao Zedong]] envisions "walls of stone" to be erected upstream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/poems/poems23.htm |title="Swimming" by Mao Zedong |publisher=Marxists.org |access-date=August 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912071107/http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/poems/poems23.htm |archive-date=September 12, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>|left]]
The Communists redeveloped industry in Wuhan, which had damaged by war.<ref name=":Chatwin">{{Cite book |last=Chatwin |first=Jonathan |title=The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781350435711}}</ref>{{Rp|page=48}} During the PRC's first decade, it became an important center of industry again.<ref name=":Chatwin" />{{Rp|page=48}} Hundreds of factories were built in the city, including most prominently [[Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation|Wuhan Iron and Steel]], which opened in 1958.<ref name=":Chatwin" />{{Rp|page=48}}

The [[Changjiang Water Resources Commission]] was reestablished in February 1950 with its headquarters in Wuhan. From June to September 1954, the [[1954 Yangtze River floods|Yangtze River Floods]] were a series of catastrophic floodings that occurred mostly in Hubei Province. Due to an unusually high volume of precipitation as well as an extraordinarily long rainy season in the middle stretch of the Yangtze River late in the spring of 1954, the river started to rise above its usual level in around late June. In 1969, a large stone monument was erected in the riverside park in Hankou honoring the heroic deeds in fighting the 1954 Yangtze River floods.

Before construction of the [[Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge]], [[Hunslet Engine Company]] built two extra heavy [[0-8-0]] locomotives for loading the [[Train ferry|train ferries]] for crossing the Yangtze River in Wuhan.
[[File:Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in construction.jpg|thumb|Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge during Construction]]
The project of building the [[Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge]], also known as the First Yangtze River Bridge, was regarded as one of the key projects during the first five-year plan. On October 25, 1955, construction began on the bridge proper. The same day in 1957, the whole project was completed and an opening-to-traffic ceremony was held on October 15. The First Yangtze River Bridge united the [[Beijing–Hankou railway]] with the [[Guangzhou–Hankou railway|Guangdong–Hankou railway]] into the [[Beijing–Guangzhou railway]], making Wuhan a 'thoroughfare to nine provinces' ({{lang-zh|labels=no|t={{linktext|九省通衢}}}}) in name and in fact.

After Chengdu Conference, Mao went to Chongqing and Wuhan in April to inspect the countryside and factories. In Wuhan, he called all the leaders of provinces and municipalities who had not attended Chengdu Conference to report their work. Tian Jiaying, the secretary of Mao, said that Wuhan Conference was a supplement to Chengdu Conference.<ref name=":9">{{Cite book|title=Li Rui wen ji. |author=Li, Rui |date=2007|publisher=Xianggang she hui ke xue jiao yu chu ban you xian gong si|isbn=978-9889958114|location=Xianggang|oclc=688480117}}</ref>

As the [[Third Front (China)|Third Front campaign]] shifted the focus of industrial development to China's hinterlands, Wuhan's development slowed.<ref name=":Chatwin" />{{Rp|page=48}}

In July 1967, civil strife struck the city in the [[Wuhan Incident]] ("July 20th Incident"), an armed conflict between two hostile groups who were fighting for control over the city at the height of the [[Cultural Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite journal | first=Thomas W.| last=Robinson| jstor=652320 | title=The Wuhan Incident: Local Strife and Provincial Rebellion During the Cultural Revolution | journal=[[The China Quarterly]] | date=1971 | volume=47| issue=47 | pages=413–418| doi=10.1017/S0305741000006172| s2cid=154453395}}</ref> Economic development was further disrupted by the Cultural Revolution.<ref name=":Chatwin" />{{Rp|page=48}}

In 1981, the Wuhan City Government commenced reconstruction of the [[Yellow Crane Tower]] at a new location, about {{cvt|1|km}} from the original site, and it was completed in 1985. In 1957, the [[Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge]] was built with one trestle of the bridge on the site of the tower, which had been last destroyed in 1884.<ref name="Wang2016">{{cite book|first=Fang|last=Wang|title=Geo-Architecture and Landscape in China's Geographic and Historic Context: Volume 1 Geo-Architecture Wandering in the Landscape|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFUWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|date=2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-10-0483-4|pages=43–|access-date=March 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304052932/https://books.google.com/books?id=oFUWDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43|archive-date=March 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests]], students in Wuhan blocked the [[Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge|Yangtze River Railway bridge]] and another 4,000 gathered at the railway station.<ref name="Zhang2001">{{cite book |last=Zhang |first=Liang |editor1-first=Andrew |editor1-last=Nathan |editor1-link=Andrew Nathan |editor2-first=Perry|editor2-last=Link |editor2-link=Perry Link |title=The Tiananmen Papers |publisher= Public Affairs |year=2001 |isbn = 978-1-58648-122-3 |title-link=The Tiananmen Papers }}</ref>{{rp|400}} About one thousand students staged a railroad 'sit-in'. Rail traffic on the Beijing-Guangzhou and Wuhan-Dalian lines was interrupted. The students also urged employees of major state-owned enterprises to go on strike.<ref name="Zhang2001"/>{{rp|405}} The situation was so tense that residents reportedly began a [[bank run]] and resorted to panic-buying.<ref name="Zhang2001"/>{{rp|408}}

Wuhan was the first stop on [[Deng Xiaoping]]'s 1992 [[Deng Xiaoping's southern tour|southern tour]].<ref name=":Chatwin" />{{Rp|page=48}}

In the wake of the [[United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade]] on May 7, 1999, protests broke out throughout China, including in Wuhan.<ref name="washpost">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/beijing050999.htm|date=May 9, 1999|access-date=May 7, 2019|quote=Xian, Wuhan and Chongqing, as well as Hong Kong, were among other cities where protests exploded.|title=Thousands Vent Anger in China's Cities|author=John Pomfret, Michael Laris|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315015246/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/beijing050999.htm|archive-date=March 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 22, 2000, a [[Wuhan Airlines Flight 343|Wuhan Airlines flight]] from [[Enshi Xujiaping Airport|Enshi]] to Wuhan was forced to circle for 30 minutes due to thunderstorms. The aircraft eventually crashed on the banks of [[Han River (Hanshui)|Han River]] in [[Hanyang District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/china/2000-06-22/100012.html|script-title=zh:祸从天降：汉江边4人被武汉坠毁飞机扫入江中|date=June 22, 2000|publisher=Sina|language=zh-hans|access-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035549/http://news.sina.com.cn/china/2000-06-22/100012.html|archive-date=February 21, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> all on-board perished (there were varying accounts of number of crews and passengers). In addition, the crash also killed 7 people on the ground.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4493047.stm|title=How planes survive lightning|date=April 28, 2005|last=Geoghegan|first=Tom|work=BBC News Magazine|publisher=BBC News|access-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220213140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4493047.stm|archive-date=February 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/prc.htm|title=Fatal Events Since 1970 for Airlines of the People's Republic of China|date=December 10, 2007|publisher=AirSafe.com|access-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212824/http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/prc.htm|archive-date=February 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06222000&reg=B-3479&airline=Wuhan+Airlines |title=Accident Report |access-date=February 20, 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103012719/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06222000&reg=B-3479&airline=Wuhan+Airlines |archive-date=January 3, 2009 }}</ref>

[[China–France relations#2008 rifts|Chinese protesters organized boycotts]] of the French-owned retail chain [[Carrefour]] in major Chinese cities including [[Kunming]], [[Hefei]] and Wuhan, accusing the French nation of pro-[[secession]]ist conspiracy and [[anti-Chinese]] racism.<ref name="reuters1">{{cite news | url = https://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=3943345 | title = National flag of France with Hakenkreuz added by Chinese protesters | work = Reuters | date = April 19, 2008 | access-date = April 19, 2008 | language = fr | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110525003022/http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=3943345 | archive-date = May 25, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> The BBC reported that hundreds of people demonstrated in Beijing, Wuhan, Hefei, Kunming and [[Qingdao]].<ref name="news1">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7356107.stm "Anti-French rallies across China"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218212727/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7356107.stm |date=February 18, 2018 }}, BBC, April 19, 2008</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=3943345 |title=National flag of France with Hakenkreuz added by Chinese protesters |work=Reuters |date=April 19, 2008 |access-date=April 19, 2008 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525003022/http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/searchpopup?picId=3943345 |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On May 19, 2011, [[Fang Binxing]], the Principal of [[Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications]] (also known as "Father of [[Great Firewall of China|China's Great Fire Wall]]"<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Yunnan Information Times|script-title=zh:"防火墙之父"北邮校长方滨兴微博遭网民"围攻"|url=http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-12/23/content_18691581.htm|date=December 23, 2010|access-date=May 20, 2011|language=zh-hans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721182306/http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2010-12/23/content_18691581.htm|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>) was hit on the chest by a shoe thrown at him by a [[Huazhong University of Science and Technology]] student who calls herself "hanjunyi" ({{lang|zh|寒君依}}, or {{lang|zh|小湖北}}) while Fang was giving a lecture at [[Wuhan University]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13455819 |title=China's Great Firewall designer 'hit by shoe |publisher=BBC |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529220019/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13455819 |archive-date=May 29, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20110519-gfw%E4%B9%8B%E7%88%B6%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%BC%94%E8%AE%B2%E9%81%AD%E9%81%87%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E6%89%94%E9%9E%8B%E6%8A%97%E8%AE%AE |script-title=zh:GFW之父武汉大学演讲遭遇学生扔鞋抗议 |publisher=RTI |language=zh-hans |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117044555/http://www.chinese.rfi.fr/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD/20110519-gfw%E4%B9%8B%E7%88%B6%E6%AD%A6%E6%B1%89%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E6%BC%94%E8%AE%B2%E9%81%AD%E9%81%87%E5%AD%A6%E7%94%9F%E6%89%94%E9%9E%8B%E6%8A%97%E8%AE%AE |archive-date=November 17, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2011-05-19-AS-China-Great-Firewall/id-8d49097381ed4d75a49869d917315339 |title=Designer of Chinese web controls hit by shoe |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=May 19, 2011 |agency=Associated Press |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524000331/http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/495d344a0d10421e9baa8ee77029cfbd/Article_2011-05-19-AS-China-Great-Firewall/id-8d49097381ed4d75a49869d917315339 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/asia/20china.html |title=Chinese Student Takes Aim, Literally, at Internet Regulator |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=May 20, 2011 |newspaper=NY Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710031853/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/world/asia/20china.html |archive-date=July 10, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2011-05/20/content_24355339.htm |script-title=zh:微博热点：方滨兴武汉大学遇"扔鞋"抗议？ |work=Yunnan Information Times |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=May 20, 2011 |language=zh-hans |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523071733/http://china.nfdaily.cn/content/2011-05/20/content_24355339.htm |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j8tohFUmhv3P-HvuaY64AFNcz2DA?docId=CNG.d3d11f5391ecef13ea0a591708a328de.651 |title=Shoe attack on China web censor sparks online buzz(AFP) |date=May 19, 2011 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[[File:China city walk, Wuhan China, A stroll through Wuhan Jiangtan pedestrian Street Along Yangzi River..webm|thumb|322x322px|Jiangtan street along [[Yangtze|Yangze river]]]]
The city has been subject to devastating floods, which are now supposed to be controlled by the ambitious [[Three Gorges Dam]], a project which was completed in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1039/60370/62598/63180/4385148.html |script-title= zh:三峡工程的防洪作用将提前两年实现-经济-人民网 |work= People's Daily |access-date= August 1, 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110719143742/http://finance.people.com.cn/GB/1039/60370/62598/63180/4385148.html |archive-date= July 19, 2011 |url-status= dead |df= mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chn-consulate-sapporo.or.jp/chn/ztxw/t252626.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071225105726/http://www.chn-consulate-sapporo.or.jp/chn/ztxw/t252626.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 25, 2007 |script-title=zh:三峡工程防洪、通航、发电三大效益提前全面发挥 |publisher=Chn-consulate-sapporo.or.jp |date=May 16, 2006 |access-date=August 1, 2009 }}</ref> The [[2008 Chinese winter storms]] damaged water supply equipment in Wuhan: up to 100,000&nbsp;people were out of running water when several water pipes burst, cutting the supply to local households.<ref name = reuteralertnet>
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</ref> The [[2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat waves|2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat wave]] hit Wuhan on July 3.<ref name="english.sina.com">{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/china/p/2010/0704/327546.html|title=Heat wave sweeps parts of China – China News|publisher=SINA English|access-date=July 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707102157/http://english.sina.com/china/p/2010/0704/327546.html|archive-date=July 7, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the [[2010 China floods]], the [[Han River (Hanshui)|Han River]] at Wuhan experienced its worst flooding in twenty years, as officials continued sandbagging efforts along the Han and Yangtze Rivers in the city and checked reservoirs.<ref name="guardian28">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=China's Three Gorges dam close to limit as heavy rains persist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/28/china-dam-rain-floods |access-date=August 6, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622232710/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jul/28/china-dam-rain-floods |archive-date=June 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2011 China floods]], Wuhan was flooded, with parts of the city losing power.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heavy rainfall hits Wuhan, causing waterlogging and power interruption|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-06/10/c_13922074.htm|publisher=Xinhua|access-date=June 10, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107215231/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-06/10/c_13922074.htm|archive-date=November 7, 2012}}</ref> In the [[2016 China floods]], Wuhan saw {{convert|570|mm|in|abbr=on}} of rainfall during the first week of July, surpassing the record that fell on the city in 1991. A [[flood alert|red alert]] for heavy rainfall was issued on July 2, the same day that eight people died after a {{convert|15|m|ft|adj=on|sp=us}} section of a {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall wall collapsed on top of them.<ref>{{cite news|title=8 dead after rain topples wall in C. China- China.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-07/02/content_38798450.htm|access-date=July 8, 2016|work=China Internet Information Center|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010184416/http://www.china.org.cn/china/2016-07/02/content_38798450.htm|archive-date=October 10, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The city's subway system, the [[Wuhan Metro]] was partially submerged as was the [[Wuhan Railway Station|main railway station]].<ref name=scmp>{{cite news|last1=Li|first1=Jing|last2=Lau|first2=Mimi|title=Super typhoon Nepartak threatens further flood misery in mainland China|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1986124/super-typhoon-nepartak-threatens-further-flood-misery-mainland|access-date=July 8, 2016|work=South China Morning Post|date=July 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210152/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/1986124/super-typhoon-nepartak-threatens-further-flood-misery-mainland|archive-date=February 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> At least 14 city residents were killed, one was missing, and more than 80,000 were relocated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/725468/chinas-devastating-floods-can-be-traced-back-to-corruption-and-overbuilding/|title=China's devastating floods can be traced back to corruption and overbuilding|first=Zheping|last=Huang|date=July 7, 2016 |access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218210403/https://qz.com/725468/chinas-devastating-floods-can-be-traced-back-to-corruption-and-overbuilding/|archive-date=February 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[2019 Military World Games]] were hosted in Wuhan in October.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wuhan2019mwg.cn/|title=7th CISM Military World Games|website=en.wuhan2019mwg.cn|access-date=September 21, 2019|archive-date=January 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126043946/http://en.wuhan2019mwg.cn/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milsport.one/events/cism-world-summer-games/wuhan-chn-2019|title=Wuhan (CHN) 2019|website=www.milsport.one|language=en|access-date=September 21, 2019|archive-date=September 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921043013/http://www.milsport.one/events/cism-world-summer-games/wuhan-chn-2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2019, [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]], a novel coronavirus that caused the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], was first discovered in Wuhan,<ref name="The New York Times"/><ref name="Oxford University"/> and the city was the location of [[COVID-19 lockdown in China|the first]] [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]] of the pandemic in January 2020.<ref name=":0" /> [[COVID-19 lockdown in China|Wuhan and other Hubei cities were placed under lockdown]] for nearly three months to contain the disease.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/china-quarantines-wuhan-to-prevent-spread-of-coronavirus/|title=China Quarantines Wuhan to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus|author-first1=Zachary|author-last1=Evans|date=January 22, 2020|website=National Review|language=en-US|access-date=January 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128195422/https://www.nationalreview.com/news/china-quarantines-wuhan-to-prevent-spread-of-coronavirus/|archive-date=January 28, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/27/asia/china-wuhan-coronavirus-reaction-intl-hnk/index.html|title=China's unprecedented reaction to the Wuhan virus probably couldn't be pulled off in any other country|first=James|last=Griffiths|website=CNN|access-date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128015515/https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/27/asia/china-wuhan-coronavirus-reaction-intl-hnk/index.html|archive-date=January 28, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 8, 2020, the Wuhan lockdown officially came to an end after no new domestic cases were reported in Hubei province.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/asia/wuhan-coronavirus.html|title=China Ends Wuhan Lockdown, but Normal Life Is a Distant Dream|first=Raymond|last=Zhong|website=New York Times|date=April 7, 2020|access-date=April 7, 2020|archive-date=September 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901071000/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/asia/wuhan-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The virus is believed to have been a mutation of a virus that existed in bats, and first spread to humans at a [[wet market]] in Wuhan.<ref name="University of Oxford 2021">{{cite web | title=The wet market sources of Covid-19: bats and pangolins have an alibi | website=University of Oxford | date=2021-06-07 | url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/science-blog/wet-market-sources-covid-19-bats-and-pangolins-have-alibi | access-date=2022-12-03 | archive-date=June 27, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627014305/https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/science-blog/wet-market-sources-covid-19-bats-and-pangolins-have-alibi | url-status=live }}</ref> Although no bats were sold at the market, some 38 other species of animals were offered, one of which could have served as an intermediary species. In December 2024, a congressional committee, chaired by Rep. [[Brad Wenstrup]], completed a two-year investigation and released a final report concluding that the [[Covid-19]] likely leaked from a virology laboratory in Wuhan.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/health/article/2024/12/03/covid-19-re-pub-lican-led-com-mittee-backs-chinese-lab-leak-theory-after-two-year-probe_6734962_14.html
|title=Covid-19: Republican-led committee backs Chinese lab leak theory after two-yer probe 
|date=3 December 2024 
|publisher=Le Monde 
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