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“China Syndrome is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But that’s not all. For readers more captivated by world politics than by microbiology, its chief strength, beyond the superb writing, is a detailed look at China’s culture of secrecy in the throes of a global public health crisis.”   — Los Angeles Times

When the SARS virus broke out in China in January 2003, Karl Taro Greenfeld was the editor of Time Asia in Hong Kong, just a few miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. After vague, initial reports of terrified Chinese boiling vinegar to purify the air, Greenfeld and his staff soon found themselves immersed in the story of a lifetime.

Deftly tracking a mysterious viral killer from the bedside of one of the first victims to China''s overwhelmed hospital

China Syndrome

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    A Paperback / softback by Karl Taro Greenfeld

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint Collins
      Published 9 January 2007
      ISBN-13 9780060587239
      978-0060587239
      ISBN-10 0060587237
      Also in:
      History of medicine Respiratory medicine International relations

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “China Syndrome is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But that’s not all. For readers more captivated by world politics than by microbiology, its chief strength, beyond the superb writing, is a detailed look at China’s culture of secrecy in the throes of a global public health crisis.”   — Los Angeles Times

      When the SARS virus broke out in China in January 2003, Karl Taro Greenfeld was the editor of Time Asia in Hong Kong, just a few miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. After vague, initial reports of terrified Chinese boiling vinegar to purify the air, Greenfeld and his staff soon found themselves immersed in the story of a lifetime.

      Deftly tracking a mysterious viral killer from the bedside of one of the first victims to China''s overwhelmed hospital

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