I think CV-19 has hit China more on the demand side than the supply side. There have been fewer than 5000 deaths in China (who knows the accuracy), but part of that was because China virtually shut down travel into and out of Wuhan very early in the breakout. However, in an attempt to hide the problem, they continued to let foreign air travel into and out of Wuhan. That, to me, was the unforgivable action. I don’t know what will happen if the dam breaks, but for everyone in the world, I hope it doesn’t happen.
Chinese are required to have their cellphone with them at all times.
21 million Chinese cellphone users disappeared in three months, then after March, China Mobile stopped reporting on their subscriber base.
True that, on both counts !
China has never been honest about numbers, either in export commodities, nor, in terms of the number of covid19 victims ;
for that reason, I trust Taiwan who has has more experience with China mainland honesty when it comes to diseases.
econjack : " However, in an attempt to hide the problem, they continued to let foreign air travel into and out of Wuhan.
That, to me, was the unforgivable action."
To my mind, that made their virus problem into a world-wide pandemic, and borders on bio-warfare, if not in fact.
Little wonder how they are now offering an as yet unproven vaccine to the world, to elevate their 'face' in the international community.
I still question their destruction of early medical documents, and the missing early detection physicians,
whereby their problem could have allowed medical communities to understand the disease much earlier.
To the best of my knowledge, as of this date, Chinese authorities have only produced only one of these physicians.
What happened to the others ?