Gordon wrote on Jan 30
th, 2020 at 7:59am:
AiA wrote on Jan 30
th, 2020 at 7:54am:
According to the tracker Hubei has had 125 deaths. Not exactly a horrifying number.
To what degree do you trust Chinese to be totally transparent?
It seems they're doing a good job locking down the province, (which is a rare upside of an authoritarian regime)
but I don't think they can be trusted with death tolls numbers.
Yes, we know from experience that
all authoritarian regimes routinely lie - to
everyone.
.
Gordon wrote on Jan 30
th, 2020 at 7:59am:
This is such a loss of face for China because #1. it was caused by filthy conditions in a supposedly modern city.
That is
#1.
#2, is that the coronavirus itself, has emerged from China itself.
....i.e. has emerged from China's societal
CULTURE.
Most Chinese individuals, are uber
CULTURALLY proud.
So
the fact that the coronavirus has emerged from within China [new 'modern', 'highly technically advanced' China], is a
huge 'LOSS OF FACE' to every proud Chinese person.
What do your say to that, 'yes-chinese' ?
['yes-chinese' is one of our posters, here OzPol]