China Accuses Biden of 'Stoking Confrontation' With Intelligence Investigation Into COVID Origin On 5/31/21 at 10:02 AM EDT Amid escalating tension between China and the United States, Beijing criticized President Joe Biden's request that the intelligence community "double down" on its efforts to find the origin of the COVD-19 outbreak. Many have been skeptical about China's ability to be transparent about the pandemic, including White House officials who believe Beijing's hidden some information. The U.S. intelligence community can't rule out the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin point and last week, Biden instructed them to identify specific questions that China needs to answer.