China has lied and covered up key information during virtually every stage of its coronavirus response – from the initial outbreak to the number of cases and deaths and is still not telling the truth, experts have warned.
Then, once the virus began spreading, the Communist Party began censoring public information about it and spread disinformation overseas – including suggesting that US troops could have been the initial carriers.
While China has been widely praised for a draconian lockdown that helped slow the spread of the virus, evidence suggests that the country could have acted much quicker to prevent the spread.