Viewpoint
01.29.20
How Much Could a New Virus Damage Beijing’s Legitimacy?
A month into the coronavirus epidemic that has swept across China, the details of the Chinese government’s political and administrative response remain highly ambiguous. What has been unmistakable, however, is the volume and intensity of social...
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02.07.18Untreatable Gonorrhea Is on the Rise in China
Verge
The sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea is becoming resistant to the only two antibiotics left to treat it — and it’s spreading in China, according to new research
The China Africa Project
06.02.17
The U.S. and China Spend Millions Fighting Malaria in Africa, So Why Don’t They Work Together?
Both the United States and People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.) spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fight malaria in Africa. A pair of experts at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia contend that if the U.S. and P.R.C. stopped working in...
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08.25.16China’s Zika Fumigation Rules Raise Worries for U.S. Exporters
Wall Street Journal
Companies worry that requirement to fumigate all containers could result in costs, delays.
The China Africa Project
09.22.14
Ebola Crisis in West Africa: Fair to Compare U.S. and China Aid?
When the ebola crisis first struck West Africa, China was among the only major powers to not only keep its personnel in the affected countries but to also send tens of millions of dollars in badly needed aid. The U.S., by contrast, was visibly...
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07.23.14Dozens Placed in Quarantine After China Plague Death
BBC
Part of a city in north-west China has been sealed off and dozens of people placed in quarantine after a man died of bubonic plague, state media say.
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06.10.14Despite Critics, China Asserts Democratic Progress in Hong Kong
New York Times
A week after roughly 100,000 people turned out in Hong Kong in a protest directed at China’s Communist leadership, Beijing has issued a ringing of defence of its oversight of the territory.
Media
03.12.13
Pig Carcasses in Shanghai River Spawn Dark Humor on Chinese Internet
The Huangpu River usually appears in glamor shots of Shanghai, serving as scenic backdrop to the colonial splendor of the Bund or the modern marvel of the Pudong skyline. But of late, a more grim and distasteful association has emerged. As of March...
Reports
07.26.11
Toward a Healthy and Harmonious Life in China
World Bank
China’s 12th five-year plan (2011-2015) aims to promote inclusive, equitable growth and development by placing an increased emphasis on human development. Good health is an important component of human development, not only because it makes people’s...