In Western news coverage, though, I see precisely the opposite of what you see. Taiwan is often listed as an example to follow, while China's combating of the epidemic is largely ignored. A lot of people even seem to think that the epidemic is still raging in China, but that it's all just being covered up.
b) No one believes anything China has to say because they have a history of coverups and suppression.
c) The lack of an independent press or judiciary means we don't have mechanisms to independently assess the truth.
You can also look coverage by Western press in China. A German-French public broadcaster did a report from Wuhan not too long ago that shows how different the situation is there from Europe and the US: [1,2].
By the way, documents from Hubei province have leaked, and the number of people testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in internal government records roughly matches the numbers that were published each day.
1. German: https://youtu.be/LmsI7lc2_Vg
2. French: https://youtu.be/OyHt7-KmK7Y
List A: These 2 guys are thinkers then others. They should be working on different job. Expecially in Western intellegence to help westener better undrestading China)
1. Cyrus Janssen(American)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxEQsjgRRfGWiJJu_PDygxw
2. Daniel Dumbrill(Canadian)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Bl8MTbW9M9MQoPhxbarpw
List B: (Positive)
3 Matt (American)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Ykci4MKSSdTJYuYp53G7A
4 Gweilo 60 (Canadian. Mainly positive. He also talked about negative side)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChXOhG9bRDb3vSTg-qkPAZg
5 Jason(British)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzDE2LGSmJnw53WrZ7mM_Aw
6 Nathan Rish(American. Seem a little opinionted)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSlyjhR4WC7QhYuaivxb6g
List C: (Negative, but was positive)
7 serpentza (South African, the oldest vlogger about China)
https://www.youtube.com/user/serpentza
8 laowhy86 (American)
https://www.youtube.com/user/laowhy86
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My impression is that the PRC was sabre-rattling to rally the public.
Yes, I heard about it plenty of times.
It's great that they're doing well, but that doesn't diminish the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Newzealandese accomplishments in tackling covid19
The US has not sanctioned Germany. E.g. a US company subject to the EU Global Human Rights sanctions regime does not mean the EU is sanctioning the US.
I love how you refer to mass kidnapping of protestors from Hong Kong "touchy".
They're touchy about people recognizing what they view as separatist movements, but that's relatively minor compared to, say, the United States forcing its sanctions policy on the rest of the world. Everyone around the world is afraid of doing business with Cuba, Iran, Huawei, and other targets of US sanctions, because the US aggressively applies secondary sanctions. The US is even sanctioning Germany, its own ally, in order to try to force Germany to back out of a pipeline deal with Russia.
> the Chinese language has no word for mutuality
There are many ways to say "win-win" in Chinese, and if you ever listen to Chinese diplomats, they say that phrase incessantly.
> China doesn't even formally frown at corruption;
One of Xi Jinping's most highly publicized policies (inside China) is his anti-corruption campaign. This is practically his signature policy. You can argue the policy isn't in effective or isn't sincere, but to say that corruption isn't formally frowned upon us just wrong.
> WHO scientists investigating covid19 recently not permitted into China;
China hasn't processed their visas quickly. I'd wait a bit before passing judgment.