The Most Disturbing Chinese Hospital Stories

This must somehow be relevant to the escaped virus from the lab hypothesis.

If nothing else, listen to the last 20 minutes.

Replied to this last week but it was one of the posts that got lost in the wash.

The guy's analogy of Kafka meets Joseph Heller is a good one. Reminds you that totalitarianism is not some abstract concept restricted to a few powerful people at the top - it's a system-wide thing.

On the positive side, if the military is anywhere near as dysfunctional as the hospitals then Taiwan might have a decent chance of repelling the invasion.