From The Financial Times: Two of the most pressing problems facing the Chinese government crossed paths on Thursday at a modest collection of buildings in the north-eastern city of Harbin, just round the corner from an old Russian Orthodox church. The Harbin Veterinary Research Institute has been at the forefront of China’s efforts to contain […]
Read MoreFrom The New Scientist: A respected Japanese scientist, who works with the World Health Organization, says 300 people have died of H5N1 bird flu in China, including seven cases caused by human-to-human transmission. He says he was given the information in confidence by Chinese colleagues who have been threatened with arrest if they disclosed the […]
Read MoreFrom AP, via The Washington Post: China detected a new bird flu outbreak in the far western Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday, bringing the total number of outbreaks for the country in recent weeks to 21. The latest outbreak killed 11 birds at a farm in the city of Turpan on […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China called bird flu a “serious epidemic” and pledged to step up measures to fight the deadly virus Tuesday as officials announced three new outbreaks of the disease in the country’s poultry. The outbreaks were detected last week in western and southern China, resulting in the killing of nearly 175,000 birds, the official […]
Read MoreFrom The Washington Post: China on Friday confirmed two new outbreaks of bird flu in poultry, bringing to 15 the number of cases reported nationwide since Oct. 19. The latest outbreaks were hundreds of miles apart _ in the northern province of Shanxi and the far northwestern region of Xinjiang, the government’s Xinhua News Agency […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: The focus on China has increased after Beijing reported this week its first human cases of bird flu. There are currently two confirmed cases – a young boy in Hunan province and a woman in Anhui province who has died – as well as another suspected case, the boy’s sister. She […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: China reported its first confirmed cases of people falling ill with bird flu Wednesday, saying the disease had spread from infected fowl to human beings in at least two areas. The announcement, from the Agriculture Ministry via the official New China News Agency, marked a recognition of the failure to prevent […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei: Caijing magazine is China’s best business magazine and has a reputation for independence and investigative reporting. The editor-in-chief is Hu Shuli, whom The Economist once called “the most dangerous woman in China“. She has written an editorial in the current issue of Caijing asking why the Chinese media is doing such a bad […]
Read MoreFrom Forbes.com: China has reported its eighth outbreak of bird flu in less than a month, as Thai authorities rushed to investigate the first confirmed human infection in the capital Bangkok. China’s latest outbreak, which killed 2,500 birds, occurred in two villages in Jingshan county, part of Hubei province in the country’s vast rural interior, […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the nation to intensify efforts to fight bird flu when the country is facing a “very serious situation” in controlling the epidemic. Bird flu has not been totally controlled in China and the danger of spread still exists in some regions, the premier said during an […]
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