[ModelBreaker]

The other possibility is that China is making a bunch of kits and they are sitting in a warehouse somewhere or have been sent to Beijing to protect government officials. So Wuhan still has shortages. Or the PLA “lost” a bunch of them and they ended up at PLA headquarters to project generals.

In a communist government, those are perfectly credible explanations for the Wuhan shortage amidst amped up production.

Kind of like the Puerto Rico hurricane supplies that ended up in warehouses all over Puerto Rico, causing shortages of supplies where they were needed.

[Zhang Fei]

[The other possibility is that China is making a bunch of kits and they are sitting in a warehouse somewhere or have been sent to Beijing to protect government officials. So Wuhan still has shortages. Or the PLA “lost” a bunch of them and they ended up at PLA headquarters to project generals.

In a communist government, those are perfectly credible explanations for the Wuhan shortage amidst amped up production.

Kind of like the Puerto Rico hurricane supplies that ended up in warehouses all over Puerto Rico, causing shortages of supplies where they were needed.]

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During the Great Leap Forward, tens of millions of Chinese died of starvation. Mao Zedong accepted only fabricated harvest numbers that showed record production, executing those who reported the actual poor numbers as counter-revolutionary traitors. Starvation was effected by taking a portion of the harvest at a rate that seemed reasonable based on bogus numbers, but reached 100% in some areas that were particularly hard-hit by poor results. Meanwhile, Mao’s coterie dined on expensive delicacies such as bear paws and shark fins. All “communist” countries provide equal treatment only in theory. In practice, some animals are more equal than others. In extremis, this means Party animals get to live, whereas the hoi polloi die en masse.