New Bird Flu a Reminder of Mutant Virus Risk
Less than a year after the first human deaths from the H7N9 avian flu virus were reported, at...
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Map Visualizes Chinese New Year Migration
As the Chinese New Year (January 31) quickly approaches, an expected 3.6 billion trips will be...
Drawing the News: The Right to Remain Silent
A roundup of online political cartoons from the past week. Click any image to launch the slideshow...
New H7N9 Cases “Signal Potential Winter Epidemic”
Reuters’ Kate Kelland cites warnings from scientists around the world that, after a summer...
Evidence that H7N9 Spread Between Humans
The first reported case of human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 bird flu emerged after doctors...
Scientists Warn of Possible H7N9 Rebound
The H7N9 strain of bird flu appeared in China in February, claiming its first casualties in March. So far, there have been 130 recorded infections and 37 deaths. While anxiety over the spread of the virus is easing after recent...
Environmental Protests a “Sign of Unequal Society”
While Kunming authorities won praise for their handling of demonstrations against a nearby PX plant early this month, subsequent episodes have driven them to unusual and illegal measures against further protest. Real-name...
Bird Flu Death Toll Rises as Virus Dissipates
Four more deaths have brought the total number of fatalities from the H7N9 bird flu to 36. Yet despite these deaths, there is evidence that the virus is not spreading as fast or as widely as many feared. From Al Jazeera: The...
Ministry of Truth: Xiamen Riot, Chongqing Bird Flu
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. State Council Information Office Department of Internet News Coordination: All weibo and blog...
Has China Learned From SARS?
In a new report on the H7N9 flu outbreak, Chinese health officials warned on Wednesday that the death toll is likely to rise. From Karen Kaplan of the Los Angeles Times: In a report on the outbreak that began in China in...
H7N9 Bird Flu Reaches Beijing
Xinhua reported on Saturday that a seven-year-old girl has become China’s 44th confirmed H7N9 sufferer, and the first in Beijing. The child is being treated at the Beijing Ditan Hospital, and is in stable condition, Zhong...
Ministry of Truth: Epidemic Situation in Shanghai
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Central Propaganda Department: Regarding the epidemic situation in Shanghai, give first place to...
Sensitive Words: Labor Camp, Bird Flu, and More
As of April 10, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). • Masanjia Women’s Labor Re-education Camp (马三家女子劳教所): An investigative report on the camp, which exposes...
Poultry Culls and Vaccine Labs Deployed Against Flu
China’s H7N9 flu outbreak had claimed 6 lives by Saturday, with the number of confirmed cases rising to 16. With the discovery of the virus among live poultry on sale at Shanghai markets, over 20,536 chickens, ducks, geese...
Netizen Voices: No Word on Bird Flu from CCTV News
The April 5th edition of CCTV’s flagship evening news program News Simulcast did not mention a word about the H7N9 strain of bird flu, which has already claimed six lives. Instead, it dwelt on the tidal bore coming up the Amazon...
River Crab Archive: Human Cases of Bird Flu
When something disappears from the Internet in China, netizens joke that it has been “river-crabbed,” a play on the euphemism “harmonized.” The River Crab Archive is a collection of blog post titles, weibo, and other materials...
First Known H7N9 Bird Flu Deaths Confirmed
The New York Times reports on the H7N9 virus, a new strain of bird flu that has so far killed two and left another ill: Two men have died here after contracting a strain of avian flu that had not been previously found in humans,...
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