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China spokesman denies SARS cover-up.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| April 01, 2003 | Dorgan, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Michael Dorgan

BEIJING _ Faced with mounting criticism of China's sluggish response to a deadly new respiratory virus, a government spokesman on Tuesday denied a cover-up and lashed out at critics.

"We have nothing to hide," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jiancho said at a press conference where he was peppered with questions about the epidemic of severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which began in southern China in November and has spread to more than a dozen countries, including the United States.

"We have made tremendous efforts to control the disease," Liu said.

Liu's comments came a day after the Asian Wall Street Journal published an editorial calling for other countries to cut all travel ...

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