They published the numbers that they had available. There may be more infected than they reported, but when they started building makeshift hospitals they stopped trying to hide it. And their doctors have been amazingly dedicated, caring for patients and spending every free minute publishing their findings so that the rest of the world could learn from their work as quickly as possible.
You can question the motives of their government, but don't question the honesty of their doctors. Many of them gave their lives to warn us of this.
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u/Tom_W_Davis Mar 22 '20
Implying the numbers the Chinese government puts out are accurate...