The SARS epidemic : challenges to China's crisis management /
In the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming manylives. The unknown nature of SARS at that time also jolted theeconomic growth of China and Hong Kong, disrupted the social life oftheir citizens and created much str...
| Други автори: | Wong, John, 1939-, Zheng, Yongnian. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Singapore ; Hong Kong :
World Scientific,
℗♭2004.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=137588 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
SARS epidemic. |
| Резюме: |
In the first half of 2003, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) struck China (including Hong Kong), causing panic and claiming manylives. The unknown nature of SARS at that time also jolted theeconomic growth of China and Hong Kong, disrupted the social life oftheir citizens and created much stress and strain for their politicalsystems and governance. Like other major crises, the management of theSARS crisis provides a good opportunity to examine the strengths andweaknesses of the political systems in China and Hong Kong. From theoutset, scholars at the East Asian Institute (EAI) followed c. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 226 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9812565558 9789812565556 9789812389480 9812389482 1281877069 9781281877062 |