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Quick facts about the Wuhan coronavirus

Outside Wuhan’s Hankou railway station. Here is the latest on the Wuhan coronavirus — aka 2019-nCoV: “Officials at Texas A&M University say a student there…

January 23, 2020 Source: The China Project

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Movie theater workers in China are unexpected victims of Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

Chinese top comedy hitmaker Xú Zhēng 徐峥 has found himself in hot water after moving up the release date of his latest project, Lost in Russia (囧妈 jiǒngmā), to January 24 — the day of this year’s Chinese New Year’s Eve — one day earlier than scheduled. The unexpected decision has drawn a great deal of ire from movie theater workers, who blasted the director for making the New Year’s Eve a working day for them because of the big-name release.

January 22, 2020 Source: The China Project

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China confirms human-to-human transmission of new coronavirus while WHO convenes emergency meeting

The Wuhan coronavirus is transmissible between humans, Chinese health authorities announced on Monday. “It has been confirmed that two people in Guangdong province were infected…

January 21, 2020 Source: The China Project

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Is the government hiding Wuhan virus numbers?

There have been a number of worrying reports recently about the outbreak of a new type of coronavirus that started in Wuhan in late December. Two…

January 17, 2020 Source: The China Project

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Wuhan reports second death from new coronavirus

The new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan continues to spread. Within days of a Chinese tourist in Thailand becoming the first person to be diagnosed with the…

January 16, 2020 Source: The China Project

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Asian airports screen travelers for mystery virus

The number of people infected with a “mysterious viral pneumonia” in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has climbed to 59, and at least one patient had symptoms as early as mid-December.

January 6, 2020 Source: The China Project

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The U.S. Sinophobia Tracker: How America is becoming unfriendly to Chinese students, scientists, and scholars

Tracking paranoid rhetoric, visa restrictions, and the targeted policing of China-connected research, which combine to create a hostile atmosphere for Chinese people in the U.S.

July 3, 2019 Source: The China Project