I'm not sure I agree with this article - there is plenty of evidence to suggest that China knew about C19 well ahead of the media, but choose to ignore it to save face and/or not create panic.
Isn't that the point though? That sweeping things under the rug in order to save face is what allows these issues to spiral out of control.
You might be right, but that type of behavior isn’t unique to a authoritarian government.
But did they really sweep things under the rug or is that just what people casually like to say without fact checking? Here is the coronavirus timeline: https://youtu.be/kO5EXjFKE7U
Nathan Rich is notorious for spreading Chinese communist propaganda. You should post a better source.
You say it is propaganda but do you have an argument against his actual claims? Can you point out factual inaccuracies or omitted facts that are relevant?
Is that really true? Take a look at the coronavirus timeline and tell me what you think of that. https://youtu.be/kO5EXjFKE7U