{"product_id":"china-syndrome-karl-taro-greenfeld-9780060587239","title":"China Syndrome: The True Story of the 21st Century's First Great Epidemic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eChina Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast-moving, truth-is-stranger-than-fiction thriller that doubles as an excellent primer of emerging infections for scientists and laypeople alike. But that's not all. For readers more captivated by world politics than by microbiology, its chief strength, beyond the superb writing, is a detailed look at China's culture of secrecy in the throes of a global public health crisis.\" -- \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the SARS virus broke out in China in January 2003, Karl Taro Greenfeld was the editor of \u003cem\u003eTime Asia\u003c\/em\u003e in Hong Kong, just a few miles from the epicenter of the outbreak. After vague, initial reports of terrified Chinese boiling vinegar to \"purify\" the air, Greenfeld and his staff soon found themselves immersed in the story of a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeftly tracking a mysterious viral killer from the bedside of one of the first victims to China's overwhelmed hospital wards--from cutting-edge labs where researchers struggle to identify the virus to the war rooms at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva--\u003cem\u003eC\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ehina Syndrome\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on a gripping ride that blows through the Chinese government's effort to cover up the disease . . . and sounds a clarion call warning of a catastrophe to come: a great viral storm potentially more deadly than any respiratory disease since the influenza of 1918.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Taro Greenfeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060587237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060587239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.39w x 1.18d","brand":"Karl Taro Greenfeld","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994797080831,"sku":"9780060587239","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe399c7a-a609-47d3-a830-1b0e98b8cdea.jpg?v=1683332235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/china-syndrome-karl-taro-greenfeld-9780060587239","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}