China has a long, long history of suppressing access to information though. Not just in reporting false data, but also in limiting the press from investigating issues themselves. Are you honestly saying that Japan and the US have a comparable history?
> And don't tell me that anything after January was China's fault. It is not like governments around the world didn't know what happened there.
Both are possible, and both are very likely. China suppressed information to save face, and many other countries were incompetent in responding to the information they did have access to.
> And don't tell me that anything after January was China's fault. It is not like governments around the world didn't know what happened there.
Both are possible, and both are very likely. China suppressed information to save face, and many other countries were incompetent in responding to the information they did have access to.