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Cover-ups are a cultural thing in East Asia because reputation is paramount. They'll attempt to cover up anything that makes them look bad as means to protect t
by petre 2y ago
Cover-ups are a cultural thing in East Asia because reputation is paramount. They'll attempt to cover up anything that makes them look bad as means to protect their reputation. So the second part of your statement is not necessarily true.
- morepedantic 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%932004_SARS_outbreak#November_2002 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%932004_SARS_outbrea... China attempted information control on SARS-1, but rolled most of it back by April. They still haven't done this for SARS-2. That's not proof, but is a difference. Enough small differences can add up to a large difference.
- petre 2y agoThat was during Hu's tenure which was quite different than what it is today. Still, their natural impulse is to cover up facts.