Illegal Biolab in California Received Millions of Dollars From Chinese Banks: House Committee

A black market Chinese biolab in Reedley, California, located about 25 miles southeast of Fresno, received millions of dollars in unexplained payments from banks in China while in operation, according to U.S. lawmakers. The illegal biolab had thousands of vials, some labeled with potentially deadly infectious agents on site, including HIV and Ebola, according to officials. On Nov. 15, Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R–Calif.) and Rep. Jim Costa (D–Calif.) discussed their concerns about the lab at a press conference with local officials and the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. “We’re thinking about how COVID really came out of China and a lot of questions that are there in line, that we would allow a Chinese nationalist to come to this country and to set up a private lab,” Mr. Costa said during the press conference. “And what we found is that all it takes to set up a private lab in America is to get a business license.”...