What Bo doesn't say was that while China did a very good job containing the virus in country, they were wholly indifferent to the rest of the world getting infected and suffering due to their actions, and lied and covered up their complicity and allowed the virus to spread globally.
Mostly an incorrect appraisal. Local officials largely covered things up, partly because a big political confab was scheduled. Mistakes were made in not understanding how transmissible the virus was. A culture of secrecy and not taking responsibility. Etc. But China reacted once the scope of the Wuhan outbreak became clear.
LMAO
Yet you agree with my point that there was a cover-up of the problem. You imply that the cover-up was only among local officials, however given the very fast transmissability of the disease, 2 days-10 days, the situation particularly among Chinese doctors and scientists was certainly known pretty damn quick in early January 2020. And given the nature of centralized governing and party control in China I suspect the damning info re covid was quickly communicated to party hierarchy.
THEY FUCKING KNEW.
That you say "mistakes" were made excuses a lot of complicity in the suffering and death of millions around the world.
Trump fucked-up, in all sorts of ways, but let's not pretend China was a good global citizen. They prioritized stopping the virus's spread in China, which is as it should be, BUT it seemed they were far less concerned and indifferent to the global chaos that ensued.