Australia Stokes China Tensions With Call for Virus Probe

  • Business community wary of spat between trading partners
  • Beijing’s response to pandemic widening rifts with the West
A barricade stands outside the closed Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan on April 1.Photographer: Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images
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Australia’s calls for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic is heightening tensions with Beijing, worrying businesses in the world’s most China-dependent developed economy.