Six questions for Xi Jinping, US edition: 1. What exactly was going on in Wuhan that led to the initial emergence of SARS-CoV-2? bostonglobe.com/2020/04/06/opi…
2. How big a role did the central government play in the cover-up after it became clear in Wuhan that there was human-to-human transmission?
3. After it became clear that there was a full-blown epidemic spreading from Wuhan to the rest of Hubei province, why did you cut off travel from Hubei to the rest of China — on Jan. 23 — but not from Hubei to the rest of the world?
4. What possessed your Foreign Ministry spokesman to start peddling an obviously false conspiracy theory on social media and why has he not been fired?
5. Where exactly are Ren Zhiqiang and Ai Fen, to name just two of the Chinese citizens who seem to have vanished since they expressed criticism of your government’s handling of COVID-19?
6. Finally, how many of your people has this disease really killed? bostonglobe.com/2020/04/06/opi…
