"The currently appears "successful" in its response, but in the first weeks that the new coronavirus appeared, the government offered the denialism typical of restorationist capitalist bureaucracy, ignoring the warnings that could have reduced the number of deaths (including that of Li Wenliang, a doctor who warned about the epidemic and was consequently accused by the authorities of "spreading rumors" before he died from COVID-19). China is the most extreme example of authoritarianism around the world, with its tight bureaucratic control that prevents vital news from leaving and other affected areas."
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Trotskyist Fraction – Fourth International, "Coronavirus and the Healthcare Crisis: Our Lives Are Worth More than Their Profits!" (14 March 2020), Left Voice
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