It probably has something to do with the Chinese government not wanting to "lose face": https://www.china-mike.com/chinese-culture/cult-of-face/ https://www.chi

It probably has something to do with the Chinese government not wanting to "lose face": https://www.china-mike.com/chinese-culture/cult-of-face/ https://www.china-mike.com/chinese-culture/cult-of-face/ They want to maintain the illusion that China is as good as any modern country, so to have a dirty market cause a global pandemic is maybe just too embarrassing to bear..