{"product_id":"made-in-china-jasper-becker-9781787384675","title":"Made in China: Wuhan, Covid and the Quest for Biotech Supremacy","description":"What might COVID-19 mean for, and reveal about, China's place in the world? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe coronavirus pandemic started in Wuhan, home to the leading lab studying the SARS virus and bats. Was that pure coincidence? This book explores what we know, and still don't know, about the origins of COVID-19, and how it was handled in China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe may never get all the answers, but much is already clear: China's record as the origin of earlier pandemics, and its struggle to bring contagious diseases under control; its history as both a victim of biological warfare and a developer of deadly bioweapons. When Covid broke out, Wuhan was building science parks to realise Beijing's ambitions in biotech research. Whoever achieves global leadership of the gene-editing industry stands to harvest great power and wealth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChina has already challenged Western technological supremacy with 5G and in other industries. Yet this tiny, invisible virus has cruelly exposed a critical flaw in the Chinese political system: obsessive secrecy. The West wanted to trust the PRC, hoping that, as it prospered, it would become an open society. \u003cem\u003eMade in China\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how Beijing's leaders have betrayed that trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jasper Becker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1787384675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781787384675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 5.80w x 1.50d","brand":"Jasper Becker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048150462719,"sku":"9781787384675","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_929713ae-e134-43da-b60b-6fbe21b47c3d.jpg?v=1684994183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/made-in-china-jasper-becker-9781787384675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}