Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: From Benchtop to Bedside

Contents......Page 6
Editors and Contributors......Page 8
Introduction SARS and Governance in China John WONG and ZHENG Yongnian......Page 10
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT......Page 11
SARS IN CHINA......Page 12
SARS IN HONG KONG......Page 17
LESSONS FROM THE SARS CRISIS......Page 18
OVERVIEW......Page 20
CHINA......Page 21
TAIWAN......Page 35
HONG KONG......Page 40
2 SARS and China’s Political System ZHENG Yongnian and LYE Liang Fook......Page 54
CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE SARS OUTBREAK......Page 55
WEAKNESSES OF CHINA’S POLITICAL SYSTEM......Page 62
STRENGTHS OF CHINA’S POLITICAL SYSTEM......Page 71
RESPONDING TO EXTERNAL PRESSURE......Page 75
SARS AND THE FUTURE OF CHINA’S POLITICAL SYSTEM......Page 78
CENTRAL-LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS AND SARS MANAGEMENT......Page 86
Information Asymmetries......Page 87
Cadre Performance Assessment......Page 93
Fragmented Authority......Page 96
CENTRAL-LOCAL RELATIONS AT THE SECOND STAGE OF SARS MANAGEMENT......Page 99
Centralized Control of Cadre Careers......Page 100
National Co-ordination and Supervision......Page 101
Mass Mobilization at All Levels......Page 103
CONCLUSION......Page 104
REFERENCES......Page 106
THE IMPLEMENTATION DILEMMA......Page 108
NEW REGULATIONS......Page 113
ADMINISTRATION BY LAW......Page 116
SARS AND THE CHINESE COURTS......Page 122
Criminal Cases......Page 123
Civil Cases......Page 124
Administrative Cases......Page 126
MEETING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS......Page 127
CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 129
5 Healthcare Regime Change and the SARS Outbreak in China GU Xin......Page 132
MEDICAL INSURANCE INEQUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSECURITY......Page 137
THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND THE SARS CRISIS......Page 142
AN AILING PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM EXPOSED IN THE SARS CRISIS......Page 154
TEMPORARY MEASURES AND LONG-TERM COMMITMENTS: TOWARDS A MORE ACTIVE ROLE FOR THE STATE......Page 159
6 “Chinese Scientists Were Defeated by SARS” CAO Cong......Page 166
HONG TAO, CHINA’S NATIONAL CDC, AND THE CHLAMYDIA HYPOTHESIS......Page 168
THE BEIJING GENOMICS INSTITUTE AND THE VIRUS GENOME SEQUENCING......Page 173
PUBLICATION AND THE ADVANCE OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 180
POST-CRISIS EFFORTS AND PERSISTENT PROBLEMS......Page 184
CONCLUSION......Page 187
CHINESE AUTHORITARIANISM AND INFORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM......Page 190
HOW DID THE LACK OF INFORMATION WORSEN THE SARS CRISIS......Page 195
CLOSING A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY......Page 200
WHAT LESSONS SHOULD THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT LEARN, ACCORDING TO LIBERAL INTELLECTUALS......Page 202
WHY DIDN’T THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT LEARN A LESSON SUGGESTED BY LIBERAL INTELLECTUALS......Page 205
CONCLUSION......Page 206
INTRODUCTION......Page 208
Travel advisories......Page 209
School closures......Page 210
Healthcare system and lab work......Page 211
Measures to revive the economy......Page 212
Number of People Afflicted by the Disease and Speed in Halting its Spread......Page 213
Mistakes and Incohesion......Page 218
Disaffected Already......Page 220
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CRISIS......Page 223
CONCLUSION......Page 228
Index......Page 230