Wonder if the Chinese Communist party is doing a distraction for the things going on the China,some heads are going to roll after the virus blow up.
Thinking that might be some of the motivation for the sudden Chinese militarization:
the recent Chinese military attack against India at the border
the recent Hong Kong freedom riots
Battleships heading towards Taiwan
All of these actions serve as a distraction from the failure of the Chinese Central Bureau's economic policies.
In China, one must maintain 'keeping face'.