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Given the number of times the Chinese government has been shown to lie and actively try to hide dissenting people/information when it tells a story they don't w
by RHSeeger 7y ago
Given the number of times the Chinese government has been shown to lie and actively try to hide dissenting people/information when it tells a story they don't want told... I think it's fair to start from a point of distrust. Sure, it doesn't mean they're lying about the numbers here, but they started out this whole thing by lying about it, by throwing someone (a doctor?) that did speak out in jail.
- zabana 7y agoSo the US government does not lie then ? I know a few people in Irak,Syria,Lybia,Sudan,Somalia and venezuela who would disagree
- jtbayly 7y agoThere is no claim about the US government in the parent comment, so this is entirely beside the point.
- jhpriestley 7y agoThey did not throw any doctor in jail. I don't trust the Chinese government but I think if they were lying then their opponents would be able to build a more persuasive case by now.
- RHSeeger 7y agoMy apologies, I was mis-remembering. Dr. Li Wenliang was arrested, questioned, and officially reprimanded for warning about the Corona virus outbreak. Looking now, I don't see that he was actually thrown in jail. That being said, it does still speak to the point of the Chinese government and their attempts to control the narrative. At least for me, that makes me start from a point of distrust over anything they say.