apnews.com/article/tikt... fined $600 million for China data transfers that broke EU privacy rules

On this day in COVID history, April 29, 2021: Flu Has Disappeared for More Than a Year Source: Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flu-has-disappeared-worldwide-during-the-covid-pandemic1/

I'll be giving a book talk this Friday at Stanford's Shorenstein APARC China Program. Please join us if you're in the area. You can register here: events.stanford.edu/event/dali-y...

I'll be speaking at the conference Covid-19 in China: Lessons Learned today in Irvine, California: 2:10-2:55 p.m. Pacific Time: "Will China Respond to the Next Novel Infectious Disease Better? Efforts and Challenges in Reforming China's Health Emergency Response System" lnkd.in/dPb6xMXS

Back in stock on Amazon! Five years ago this April, Wuhan emerged from a grueling 76-day lockdown. But recovery has been far slower than reopening. As the world edges closer to a pandemic treaty and China moves to revise its Infectious Disease Law, the lessons of Wuhan still resonate t.co/xSPploXNGg

Starting Monday, a new policy from the Department of Treasury will require social security number and other official identification documents when sending money abroad. (via @keranews.org)

Steeling China for a Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...

“We all know death comes,” he told Ms. Peritz just before he died. “I would have loved to have more, but now understand that I won’t. I accept that and am not afraid. I have lived a really wonderful and interesting life.” Richard Bernstein Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/b...

U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...

Chinese Architect Liu Jiakun Wins Pritzker Prize www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/a...

Christopher Little, Who Built an Empire Around a Boy Wizard, Dies at 79 www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/b...

Quarantine in Wuhan: "We don't know the truth, not under this regime" The 76-day quarantine in Wuhan marked the beginning of a global lockdown due to the pandemic. en.vijesti.me/bbc/742163/q...

“A healthy society must have more than one voice.” —Dr. Li Wenliang, 1985-2020 Today marks the fifth anniversary of Dr. Li Wenliang's tragic passing from COVID-19.

Five years ago (Thursday 23 Jan 2020), at 10AM local time (02:00 UTC), Wuhan was sealed off from the rest of the world. ▫️1/

January 23 is the fifth anniversary when cordon sanitaire was imposed on Wuhan. This is commonly known as the Wuhan lockdown, though the enforcement of strict lockdown happened in stages.

Five years ago today, a senior advisory panel led by the 83-year old Dr. Zhong Nanshan--a hero during China's SARS crisis in 2003--was sent to Wuhan to help the national health leadership assess the novel coronavirus outbreak situation there and break the paralysis.

@daliyang.bsky.social pulls no punches in his assessment of the major cause for China’s delayed response: it was a failure of epidemiological imagination and intellectual leadership. Local Wuhan officials ignored pleas from healthcare workers and NHC officials.

Five years ago on New Year's Day 2020, China initiated a health emergency response action program to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The conventional storyline is that China delayed its initial response to the Wuhan outbreak, sat idly by, and didn't announce human-to-human transmission of the novel coronavirus until January 20, 2020.

How Jimmy Carter’s global health efforts elevated ‘the art of the possible’ www.statnews.com/2024/12/29/h... via @statnews.com

I have two on me: "Wuhan" by @daliyang.bsky.social, which is excellent and full of surprise learnings for me, and "The Southern Tour" by @jmchatwin.bsky.social. I hope to finish both by NYE.

Five years ago today, a small diagnostic laboratory in the southern city of Guangzhou identified a SARS-like coronavirus in a patient sample that came from Wuhan Central Hospital.

Honored that NPR aired this feature on my book Wuhan to mark the fifth anniversary of the Wuhan outbreak, the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 Pandemic. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

Experts say Chinese authorities want to prevent information about violent attacks from spreading in society. Soon after each event, the government will try to censor discussions on social media platforms related to the incidents, said @daliyang.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to see that Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control (audio edition) is currently the No. 1 new release in the Asia Politics & Government category. A heartfelt thanks to David Shih for lending his voice as the narrator and bringing this project to life.

It will soon be the fifth anniversary of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, the initial epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. I am delighted to share this generous review of Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control in The China Quarterly. cambridge.org/core/journal...

Wow, I am so thrilled and honored that Wuhan is NPR's Book of the Day: www.npr.org/2024/04/03/1...

I look forward to this exciting book talk event and discussion at Columbia University in New York next week (March 21): Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiralled Out of Control | Columbia chinacenter.socialwork.columbia.edu/events/wuhan...

Very pleased to share this generous and detailed review: Inside Wuhan's failed Covid response – and how the pandemic could have been avoided www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Pleased to see this profile of Wuhan: How the Covid-19 Outbreak Spiraled Out of Control "A professor’s unique position helps him unravel the early days of the pandemic in a new book" political-science.uchicago.edu/node/30566 @UChicagoPoliSci with special thanks to @sarah_steimer

Friends who wish to obtain the book from the publisher/distributor can use the code ASFLYQ6 to receive a 30% pre-order discount at the Oxford UP website: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Wishing you a peaceful and joyous holiday season and a happy New Year: I am pleased to share that my new book, Wuhan: How the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Spiraled Out of Control, will be released on March 1, 2024. You may preorder from your favorite store or online. www.amazon.com/Wuhan-COVID-...

I am still on Twitter/X but wants to set up my perch here on Bluesky just in case. Happy holidays!