[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "if you don’t deeply understand the data, it is totally meaningless. If you have better sources of data, provide them."
BINGO! We have a winner!

I can't find a source that isn't directed by China. What the heck is that about?
From getHub source which is Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering it says,

"Before manually updating the dashboard, we confirm the case numbers using regional and local health departments, namely the China CDC (CCDC)"

https://systems.jhu.edu/research/public-health/ncov/

[ETCM]

I'm not sure where else you expect them to get the numbers for China, if not from Chinese sources.

Before manually updating the dashboard, we confirm the case numbers using regional and local health departments, namely the China CDC (CCDC), Hong Kong Department of Health, Macau Government, Taiwan CDC, European CDC (ECDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), as well as city and state level health authorities. For city level case reports in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, which we began reporting on February 1, we rely on the US CDC, Government of Canada, Australia Government Department of Health and various state or territory health authorities. All manual updates (outside mainland China) are coordinated by a team at JHU.

But yes, they are allowing China to have full control of their own numbers, and we know those are highly suspect.