[fma]

So...how can we trust the writings of the author? Can the data be validated elsewhere? A video posted 8PM with ...11PM it has 30 million views...midnight 100 million, 1:05AM, 300 million. There were 200 million WeChat users up between 12AM and 1:05AM who viewed it?

And with all those views - the Chinese government did not hold a conference call till 12:30PM? 12 hours later?

I'm no dictator, but I would have circuit breakers much earlier than at 400 million, and if things go 'red' I wouldn't wait till after lunch the next day to convene a meeting. But, that's just me.

[earthbee]

They did take it down, and people reuploaded it, flipped or rotated or with minor edits, and those got deleted too, and more people uploaded it, and those got deleted, and even more reuploaded it

[powerapple]

I assume the 400M view is with the original, rather than adding up all views from different uploads.

[AustrianChina]

Thanks for catching this typo. It should read 12:30 am.

[spiralx]

> So... how can we trust the writings of the author?

Are you saying you're sceptical of something published by Austrian China: View from China with an Austrian School of Economics Perspective? Austrian economists are well-known for their firm evidence-based reasoning, right? :)