plantagenet,

Just have to wait and see who's right.

According to the latest figures the US and the UK have over 1,000 deaths per million population whereas China has only 3.

What amazingly good management.

Is Mise,

Even makes me think that China might have had a bit of inside information on the virus that the rest of the world didn't.

Like for example it was their brainchild and they knew how the rein it in!

Hi Is Mise

Yes CHINA'S SYSTEM IS ABLE TO HANDLE COVID SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE US.

Further supporting that thesis is: "Analysis: China and U.S. economies diverge over coronavirus response", 22 October 2020 at http://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa-china-analysis-idUSKBN277066

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China dealt with the spread of the devastating coronavirus pandemic in vastly different ways, and that split is reshaping the global battle between the world’s two leading economies.

...China’s official GDP numbers this week show not only that the economy is growing, up 4.9% for the third quarter from a year earlier, but also that the Chinese are confident enough the virus has been vanquished to go shopping, dine and spend with gusto.

China’s total reported death toll is below 5,000 and new infections are negligible, the result of draconian lockdowns, millions of tests, and strict contact tracing that set the stage for an economic rebound.

“China’s success in containing the virus has allowed its economy to rebound more quickly, and with relatively less policy support, as compared with other large economies,” said former senior U.S. Treasury official Stephanie Segal, a senior fellow at the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

...[as at 22 Oct 2020 in the US 221,000 people were dead from COVID] after a delayed federal response, partisan battles over mask-wearing and lockdowns, and plenty of public events that do not follow public health guidelines...millions of [Americans] out of work indefinitely, GDP is expected to shrink this quarter and the United States faces a gap in economic output that could last years.

“Obviously the U.S. government bungled it,” said Harry Broadman, a former senior U.S. trade official and managing director with Berkeley Research Group.

The singular authority of China’s Communist Party helped Beijing enforce contact tracing and lockdowns, Broadman said...

The real difference between the United States and China is Washington “has been arguing over stimulus issues on Capitol Hill and it’s still far too little and too late,” said Broadman, who has served under both Republican and Democratic presidents. “That has created more and more uncertainty on the part of business.”..."

And here was me thinkin' that the Chinese figure might just have been a tad fiddled with.

Hi Is Mise

Yes. If China had minimised its Covid Death figures, in a major way, Western News and Intelligence agencies would have been right onto it

and would have exposed China.

Pete