Sars Epidemic, The: Challenges To China's Crisis Management
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Sars Epidemic, The: Challenges To China's Crisis Management

Challenges to China's Crisis Management

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Sars Epidemic, The: Challenges To China's Crisis Management

Challenges to China's Crisis Management

About this book

In the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming many lives. The unknown nature of SARS at that time also jolted the economic growth of China and Hong Kong, disrupted the social life of their citizens and created much stress and strain for their political systems and governance. Like other major crises, the management of the SARS crisis provides a good opportunity to examine the strengths and weaknesses of the political systems in China and Hong Kong. From the outset, scholars at the East Asian Institute (EAI) followed closely the unfolding of the disease in China, particularly how each of the two societies coped with this random external shock. SARS may or may not recur in the near future, but the episode has offered a glimpse into the extent of resilience of the two societies, the quality of their political leadership, the effectiveness of their political and institutional mobilization, the crisis-management capability of their respective bureaucracies, and the viability of their governance systems. This volume is the result of an EAI workshop on "SARS in China: Crises and Responses".This book has been selected for coverage in:ā€¢ Index to Scientific & Technical ProceedingsĀ® (ISTPĀ® / ISI Proceedings)ā€¢ Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)ā€¢ Index to Social Sciences & Humanities ProceedingsĀ® (ISSHPĀ® / ISI Proceedings)ā€¢ Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)ā€¢ CC Proceedings ā€” Biomedical, Biological & Agricultural Sciences

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Editors and Contributors
  3. Introduction SARS and Governance in China John WONG and ZHENG Yongnian
  4. 1 The Impact of SARS on Greater China Economies John WONG, Sarah CHAN and LIANG Ruobing
  5. 2 SARS and Chinaā€™s Political System ZHENG Yongnian and LYE Liang Fook
  6. 3 Local Management of SARS in China: Guangdong and Beijing LAI Hongyi
  7. 4 SARS and the Rule of Law in China ZOU Keyuan
  8. 5 Healthcare Regime Change and the SARS Outbreak in China GU Xin
  9. 6 ā€œChinese Scientists were Defeated by SARSā€* CAO Cong
  10. 7 SARS and Freedom of the Press: Has the Chinese Government Learnt a Lesson? HE Baogang
  11. 8 The Hong Kong SAR Government, Civil Society and SARS Elspeth Thomson and YOW Cheun Hoe
  12. Index