Cool to be skeptical of the Chinese government? No, it's only natural.
Yeah that's what i meant. Maybe I should have said fine instead of cool.
And what moral superiority do I lose for not trusting information coming from a regime based on lies, corruption and propaganda?
Isn't it obvious? Your scepticism about their 'propaganda' has led to you making up your own propaganda? If you show yourself to be unconcerned with rationality and facts, then you are no better morally (albeit infinitely less powerful/harmful
) than the people you criticise.
Oh, because now they've suddenly decided to be open and transparent (they really haven't) and have invited in international workers in an effort to be more transparent?
Nope. Did you not read what I gave you? Noone claimed they decided to be 'open and transparent', that's you making something up again because you've misunderstood the explanation. Then lazy leapt towards a convenient sounding explanation rather than the truth.
Read that thread if you're generally interested. You might not understand some of the clinical aspects of it, but it explains why the number shot up without your lowest common denominator made up nonsense that the number shot up 'because... err.. propoganda'