SARS : reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities /

SARS : reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities / edited by Deborah Davis and Helen Siu. - 1 online resource (vi, 180 pages) : illustrations. - Routledge contemporary China series ; 16 . - Routledge contemporary China series ; 16. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SARS : reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities / Deborah Davis and Helen Siu -- Global connectivity and local politics : SARS, talk radio, and public opinion / Eric Kit-Wai Ma and Joseph Man Chan -- SARS, avian flu, and the urban double take / John Nguyet Erni -- Eulogy and practice : public professionals and private lives / Helen Siu and Jane Chan -- Artistic responses to SARS : footprints in the local and global realms of cyberspace / Abbey Newman -- SARS humor for the virtual community : between the Chinese emerging public sphere and the authoritarian state / Hong Zhang -- The weakness of a post-authoritarian democratic society : reflections upon Taiwan's societal crisis during the SARS outbreak / Yun Fan and Ming-chi Chen.

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SARS (Acute Respiratory Syndrome) first presented itself to the global medical community as a case of atypical pneumonia in one small Chinese village in November 2002. Three months later the mysterious illness rapidly spread and appeared in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Toronto and then Singapore. The high fatality rate and sheer speed at which this disease spread prompted the World Health Organization to initiate a medieval practice of quarantine in the absence of any scientific knowledge of the disease. Now three years on from the initital outbreak, SARS poses no major threat and has vanished from.

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SARS (Disease)--China.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--transmission--China.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--transmission--China--Hong Kong.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--transmission--Taiwan.
Disease Outbreaks--China.
Disease Outbreaks--China--Hong Kong.
Disease Outbreaks--Taiwan.
International Cooperation--China.
International Cooperation--China--Hong Kong.
International Cooperation--Taiwan.
Mass Media--China.
Mass Media--China--Hong Kong.
Mass Media--Taiwan.
Public Policy--China.
Public Policy--China--Hong Kong.
Public Policy--Taiwan.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--psychology--China.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--psychology--China--Hong Kong.
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome--psychology--Taiwan.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--Respiratory.
SARS (Disease)


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2007 A-728 WC 505 / S2479 2007