Because China tried to cover up the existence of COVID at the beginning. Because they didn’t want to hurt their economy. They suppressed their scientists from

Because China tried to cover up the existence of COVID at the beginning. Because they didn’t want to hurt their economy. They suppressed their scientists from sharing data. They insisted it didn’t transmit between humans. And they insisted it wasn’t very contagious while erecting massive facilities to deal with it overnight. Add to that the fact that the local administration deliberately wiped out evidence of illegal animals being sold at the market very early because they were worried about literally being sent to the gallows by the national government if this could be proven, the Chinese have been wiping evidence right from the evidence but for completely explainable non conspiratorial reasons.