The non-profit organization, led by British zoologist Peter Daszak, was at the center of the COVID-19 lab leak theory when former President Donald Trump suspended the grant in April 2020.
Since the center's release, fears have emerged that the group will merely serve as a censorship organization against political discourse that runs contrary to the government's interests.
This paper's viewpoint aligns with the University of California at San Francisco's (UCSF) attempts to "decolonize the health sciences" as part of their anti-racist initiatives, but it has been met with significant backlash and deemed "morally abhorrent."
France's Macron hopes to establish a framework for future negotiations and has tasked his foreign policy adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, to work with China's top diplomat, Wang Yi.