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A profane fate for a sacred site
Sun Foreign StaffBEIJING - One morning this spring, a handful of government workers in camouflage fatigues and yellow hard hats marched to No. 99 Full Blossom Lane, mounted the roof of a Buddhist temple dating to the 1600s and began swinging away with pickaxes. For a...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Bars and Clubs, Buddhism, China, Family
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SARS outbreak exposing flaws in China regime
Sun Foreign StaffBEIJING - For all the challenges the Chinese Communist Party has faced since opening the nation to the world a quarter-century ago, only the emergence of a strange new disease known as SARS has managed to expose so many of the government's flaws - and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hu Jintao, Protest, Mass Media, Disasters
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'If virus doesn't kill you, fear might'
Times Staff WriterThe week before China finally confessed the truth about the extent of the deadly pneumonia-like outbreak within its borders, some students in elite universities were already staring the epidemic in the eye. "There was total chaos. It felt like the end of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Gaming, Symptoms, Health and Safety at School, China
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Md. firms cope as SARS fears grow
Special to SunSpotMaryland companies doing business in China are expressing concern about the SARS epidemic and how it will affect international commerce. Corporations from around the state sold $138 million in products and services to China last year, according to the...Tags: Sales, Technology, Gaithersburg (Montgomery, Maryland), Companies and Corporations, Death
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China's president sees victory over SARS as death rate slows
Associated PressBEIJING -- China's president said he is confident that the country will "gain victory" over SARS as the government announced yesterday its lowest daily increase in the number of deaths from the illness -- two. China also has created a "rapid reaction...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hu Jintao, Mass Media, Hotels and Accommodations, Pneumonia
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China edges away from Iraq; stance still ambiguous
Sun Foreign StaffBEIJING - As the United States and Great Britain lobby other members of the United Nations Security Council to support strong measures against Iraq, China has remained publicly ambiguous about its position - a stance pleasing so far for the Bush...Tags: England, National Security, Jiang Zemin, Defense, Iraq
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Return of SARS would pose new challenges
Special To The SunHONG KONG - Amid signs that the world's first SARS outbreak might have run its course, a leading World Health Organization official warned yesterday that detecting any recurrence of the pneumonia-like disease next winter will pose an entirely new set of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hong Kong, Weather Warnings, Elizabeth II
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Infected traveler was on 7 flights
From Wire ReportsHONG KONG - In a striking example of how far and fast a virus can be carried in an era of international jet travel, health officials here announced last night that a man infected with a new respiratory disease had flown from Hong Kong to Munich, Germany;...Tags: Spain, Hospitals and Clinics, Hong Kong, Germany, Munich (Germany)
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Not all cases of SARS in China are being reported, experts say
Special To The SunBEIJING - A team of World Health Organization experts said yesterday that China has underreported the number of residents affected by the new respiratory illness SARS. Other WHO officials said scientists have confirmed the identity of the virus that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Surgery, Hu Jintao, China, Viral Diseases and Infections
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SARS highlights discord in China
Sun Foreign StaffBEIJING - Ignoring government pleas to stay, Wei Jisheng fled Beijing on a sold-out train last week, jamming himself in among hundreds of other migrant workers packed like so many standing sardines for a 19-hour trip to remote northeast China. In this...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Homes, National Government, Health and Safety at School, Communist Party of China
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WHO lifts Toronto travel advisory
From Wire ReportsGENEVA - Citing a sudden ebb in the SARS epidemic in Toronto, the World Health Organization lifted yesterday its week-old advisory urging people to delay unnecessary travel to the city because of the highly infectious respiratory illness. But in Asia,...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Hong Kong, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Canada, Jean Chretien
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Chinese admit to SARS mistakes
Sun Foreign StaffBEIJING - In a rare admission of serious mistakes, the Chinese government fired the minister of health and the mayor of Beijing yesterday for their early mishandling of the respiratory disease known as SARS, canceled a national weeklong holiday and...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hu Jintao, Disasters, Mass Media, Communist Party of China
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