[China rejects US intel report on COVID-19 origins] Beijing has dismissed as “political and false” a US intelligence report into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, urging Washington to stop smearing China for political reasons. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that Beijing had expressed firm opposition to initial findings of the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence in August. The agency has now released a full version of its findings from a 90-day review ordered by President Joe Biden. “No matter how many times this report is published and how many versions are…