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The Chinese Sickness

- Abstract

T HE STRANGE synergy between Chinese mis- representations of reality and the Western desire to believe those misrepresentations takes many forms, but for the latest example one need look no farther than the still-uncontrolled epidem- ic in China of the viral illness abbreviated as SARS.



About the Author

Arthur Waldron is the Lauder professor of international relations at the University of Pennsylvania and vice president of the International Assessment and Strategy Center in Washington, D.C.