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200 04$aThe SARS epidemic$b[electronic resource] $echallenges to China's crisis management /$feditors, John Wong, Zheng Yongnian
210   $aSingapore ;$aHong Kong $cWorld Scientific$dc2004
215   $a1 online resource (235 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a981-238-948-2 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aContents; Editors and Contributors; Introduction SARS and Governance in China John WONG and ZHENG Yongnian; 1 The Impact of SARS on Greater China Economies John WONG, Sarah CHAN and LIANG Ruobing; 2 SARS and China's Political System ZHENG Yongnian and LYE Liang Fook; 3 Local Management of SARS in China: Guangdong and Beijing LAI Hongyi; 4 SARS and the Rule of Law in China ZOU Keyuan; 5 Healthcare Regime Change and the SARS Outbreak in China GU Xin; 6 "Chinese Scientists were Defeated by SARS"* CAO Cong; 7 SARS and Freedom of the Press: Has the Chinese Government Learnt a Lesson? HE Baogang
327   $a8 The Hong Kong SAR Government, Civil Society and SARS Elspeth Thomson and YOW Cheun HoeIndex
330   $aIn the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming manylives. The unknown nature of SARS at that time also jolted theeconomic growth of China and Hong Kong, disrupted the social life oftheir citizens and created much stress and strain for their politicalsystems and governance. Like other major crises, the management of theSARS crisis provides a good opportunity to examine the strengths andweaknesses of the political systems in China and Hong Kong. From theoutset, scholars at the East Asian Institute (EAI) followed c
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