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Interpol saga won't just hurt China
News, Adam Minter, Published on 11/10/2018
» The last message that now former Interpol president Meng Hongwei sent to his wife was an emoji depicting a knife. Soon after, he disappeared into China's feared and opaque Ministry of Public Security, the subject of a corruption investigation about which no details have been revealed.
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One way for China to stop the world's next pandemic
News, Adam Minter, Published on 28/02/2017
» The deadliest outbreak of H7N9 bird flu since its discovery in 2013 is sweeping across China. It's caused at least 100 deaths and has been detected in half the country's provinces. So far, the virus seems to be spreading only between birds and the humans who slaughter them for food. But the potential for human-to-human transmission -- the trigger for a full-blown pandemic -- can't be ruled out. In response, Chinese authorities have temporarily shut down live poultry markets in some of the country's biggest cities.
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Beijing could use a stronger, more connected Taiwan
News, Adam Minter, Published on 14/05/2016
» Next week's inauguration of Tsai Ing-wen as Taiwan's new president has got China agitated.
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China is key to preventing an antibiotic apocalypse
News, Adam Minter, Published on 24/11/2015
» Last week scientists announced they'd discovered a gene spreading among bacteria in China that renders them resistant to some of the world's most powerful, "last resort" antibiotics. If such invulnerable bugs spread, doctors may soon lack the tools needed to combat infections, whether contracted through chemotherapy, surgery or even simple cuts. Indeed, the post-antibiotic "apocalypse", as this scenario has been known for a decade, may already be upon us: There's evidence that the resistant genes have made their way to Laos and Malaysia.
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