Facing the grave danger of the deadly bird flu, Hong Kong Buddhists have got a problem with their religious practice of releasing live chickens to Nature. From AP via Washington Post: When Hong Kong officials discovered that a scaly-breasted munia found dead on New Year’s Eve had tested positive for the H5 virus, they held […]
Read MoreFrom the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: Most Shenzhen residents are ignorant of the city’s first reported case of human bird flu infection, with the official media playing down the incident. In Anliang village in the Longgang district, where a 31-year-old truck driver was found to have been infected with an H5 strain […]
Read MoreFrom OhmyNews International: Hong Kong is taking no chances these days when it comes to public health and Mainland China. The territory banned all Mainland poultry for three weeks beginning Friday after China confirmed its 19th case of human bird flu, bringing to a halt the 20,000 live chickens that are imported into Hong Kong […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) The Chinese Academy of Sciences, a government-backed body employing 40,000 researchers, is to boost investment in research into infectious diseases, stem cells, genomics and biotechnology. The fresh emphasis is a sign of Beijing’s anxiety that a disease such as severe acute respiratory syndrome, bird flu or HIV could spread within […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times (link) Hong Kong’s ranking as a desirable place to live for expatriate employees has fallen sharply as a result of worsening air pollution, according to the latest survey of the world’s cities from ECA International, which sells advice to employers on living conditions and hardship allowances. For Asian expatriates, Hong Kong […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via OhmyNews International: China has reported its eighth human death from bird flu and says researchers suspect contamination from dead poultry might be to blame for cases that have occurred in areas without outbreaks in birds. The latest death was a 20-year-old female farmer from the county of Suining in the southern province […]
Read MoreFrom Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: A brigade of self-made bird flu experts is turning the outbreak rumor mill into an online information factory. “Unconfirmed reports that more than 120 people have died from the avian flu in western China increase concerns–and significantly raise the stakes–of a Chinese government cover-up. If true, the consequences could be […]
Read MoreFrom the Useless Tree blog: Notice, too, how today the People’s Daily and China Daily both run a story announcing the sixth confirmed case of Bird Flu. And this gets picked up by the Washington Post. They are changing the story, diverting out gaze elsewhere… And, then, they respond indirectly with a People’s Daily story […]
Read MoreFrom AFP via the Manila Times: Japan’s leader stuck to his guns Tuesday in a bitter and emotional dispute with China, as lingering resentment over his visits to a Tokyo war shrine clouded day two of a Southeast Asian summit. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he believed Beijing would eventually “understand” his controversial trips to […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese local search engine Baidu.com has released a list of 13 most popular keywords, according to hits from internet users. The 13 keywords cover nearly every aspect of life in China. The most typed news keyword is “Shenzhou VI Spacecraft”. The hottest event belongs to “Bird Flu”. “The Myth” took the hottest movie […]
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