I think that's a reasonable position, with Xi serving as a stand-in for the selfish nature of the CCP bureaucracy as a whole. I'm not a fan of the guy at all, b

I think that's a reasonable position, with Xi serving as a stand-in for the selfish nature of the CCP bureaucracy as a whole. I'm not a fan of the guy at all, but I don't think he was responsible for local attempts to try to hide the outbreak from, well, more-or-less him. If there is anything suggesting that a coverup was also ordered on the national level, with the intent to harm other countries (or, more likely, without regard for the well-being of other countries), then that would be really interesting to me.