To be fair, I would never count Taiwan as China, but I honestly don't know what
> They are not stupid, they know what's going on in China and they are not telling everybody else because they are worried of losing credibility as leaders.
means. The rest of the post is about Taiwan. Is the insinuation that the politicians know they controlled it better in Taiwan, the PRC, or both? Or is this about stuff in Xinjiang totally separate from quarantining?