Thread by @BillyBostickson

@Byron_Wan @rebelfd @daniel_bilar @Harvard2H @SharriMarkson @lukedepulford @JackHHazlewood @rpotter_9 @CharlesRixey @jimmy_wales Yep, we discussed Xu Dezhong's works in detail between July and October 2020 on & off Twitter

https://twitter.com/BillyBostickson/status/1314918644208476161

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https://twitter.com/BillyBostickson/status/1285640687220936704

I found his analysis interesting (although based on US research) & I am not responsible for the conclusions of Gnews & Australian media

@Byron_Wan @rebelfd @daniel_bilar @Harvard2H @SharriMarkson @lukedepulford @JackHHazlewood @rpotter_9 @CharlesRixey @jimmy_wales 2. it cites a lot of US bioweapons Research and seems a reaction to earlier US bioweapons papers:
M. Ainscough, Next Generation Bioweapons: Genetic Engineering and Biowarfare (April 2002). Available at
web.archive.org/web/2017050507…

@Byron_Wan @rebelfd @daniel_bilar @Harvard2H @SharriMarkson @lukedepulford @JackHHazlewood @rpotter_9 @CharlesRixey @jimmy_wales 3. D. Kay, Genetically Engineered Bioweapons (2003). Available at
web.archive.org/web/2013061714…
The Chinese may have been concerned about the US developing genetically engineered bioweapons to target Chinese ethnic people.

@Byron_Wan @rebelfd @daniel_bilar @Harvard2H @SharriMarkson @lukedepulford @JackHHazlewood @rpotter_9 @CharlesRixey @jimmy_wales 4. Genetic engineering and biological weapons
Jan van Aken
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and Edward Hammond
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EMBO Rep. 2003 Jun; 4(Suppl 1): S57–S60.
doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor860
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

@Byron_Wan @rebelfd @daniel_bilar @Harvard2H @SharriMarkson @lukedepulford @JackHHazlewood @rpotter_9 @CharlesRixey @jimmy_wales 5. and Gregory D Koblentz
Pathogens as Weapons: The International Security Implications of Biological Warfare*
December 2003 International Security 28(3)

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