But while that suggestion initially seemed ideologically motivated to some—and aligned with a rise in anti-China rhetoric—there’s since been an increasing acknowledgement that the theory can’t be ruled out.

Source: https://time.com/6258960/covid-19-origins-lab-leak-china-politics/

DeSantis’s ambition is to promulgate his ideological anti-China policy both nationally and internationally.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/ron-desantis-brings-us-china-policy-into-the-culture-wars/

Disney appears to have dumped an episode of from its streaming platform in Hong Kong over an anti-China joke.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/tv/2023/02/08/simpsons-hong-kong-forced-labour/

The embassy said Austin “smeared China” on the issue of the South China Sea to advance its “anti-China political agenda” during his visit.

Source: https://mb.com.ph/2023/02/02/us-defense-chiefs-philippine-visit-escalates-regional-tension-chinese-embassy-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=us-defense-chiefs-philippine-visit-escalates-regional-tension-chinese-embassy-says

“The moment you are not vocally anti-China, you are then portrayed as pro-China.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/02/china-media-portrayal-australia-relationship-war

Well of course I was outraged and disgusted by these accusations by this very extreme Republican congressman who is trying to make a name for himself by being very anti-China.

Source: https://www.crescentavalleyweekly.com/featured/03/30/2023/qa-with-representative-judy-chu/

While the United States wants Europe to adopt a firmer anti-China view, vital economic ties hold them back.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/22/europe-is-stuck-in-a-toxic-china-relationship/