A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
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传染病信息报告管理规范, October 29, 2015
January 29, 2020
2015年10月29日，国家卫生计生委办公厅以国卫办疾控发〔2015〕53号印发《传染病信息报告管理规范（2015年版）》。
Nakajima, Body, Society, and Nation: The Creation of Public Health and Urban Culture in Shanghai, 2018.
December 16, 2019
Chieko Nakajima's book was reviewed by John Knight for the History of Socialisms discussion list. It is reprinted here by Creative Commons license.
PRC State Council, Food Security in China, October 2019
October 14, 2019
The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published this white paper on food security.
Cao, GMO China - How Global Debates Transformed China's Agricultural Biotechnology Policies, 2018
October 3, 2019
Ronald J. Herring wrote this review of Cao's GMO China for the History of Asia discussion list. It's reprinted here via Creative Commons license.
Public Health Scholar On China’s Research Partnerships With Coca-Cola
July 8, 2019
Critics have long accused food and beverage companies of trying to exonerate their products from blame for obesity by funding organizations that highlight alternative causes. US-China Today investigates the supposed model of transparency between Coca-Cola and China’s private and government research institutions and its implications for public health.
USC researchers race against a tick-borne illness originating in China
January 24, 2019
The Asian longhorned tick, new to North America, can transmit a disease that causes nausea, diarrhea and muscle pain — and, often, death.
USC, Peking University to team on one of China’s first graduate programs in occupational therapy
October 28, 2016
The partnership has the potential to transform the quality of life for millions of people, USC provost says.
Let's Talk About Smog: Censoring Environmental Issues in China
March 29, 2016
China is increasingly making strides toward becoming a global environmental leader, but its continued censorship of critical discussion at home complicates this progress.
U.S. Department of State, "2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report," March 18, 2015
March 18, 2015
The U.S. Dept of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs produces an annual report describing the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2014.
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