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...international outrage over such dissembling intensified, China's top leaders were forced to address this health and public-relations fiasco late last week. "We have clearly told the government the international community doesn't trust your figures," says Henk Bekedam, China representative for the WHO, which could have added Beijing to its travel-advisory list, alongside Guangdong province and Hong Kong. The WHO then estimated the capital's SARS patients at 100 to 200?five times more than the government acknowledged?based on hospital visits and other data. On Friday, state media reported that China's new President, Hu Jintao...
...tangible impact, and not be seen merely as a PR ruse designed to limit damage to China's prestige and economy. But in the provinces, faith in the country's leadership has already been hurt as the outbreak has been allowed to spread virtually unchecked. "How can we trust Beijing when they lied to us for so long," asks a respiratory specialist surnamed Ma from the western province of Gansu, who is now reviewing recent pneumonia cases in his hospital to see if any of them could have been SARS. "Even though this disease started in our country...
...essays included in the pamphlet distributed to entering first-years by the Freshmen Dean’s Office is Emerson’s “Self-Reliance.” The message: take heed and trust thyselves; against the influence of others, rely on and cultivate your own mind. While this you-can-do-it-if-you-believe-in-yourself attitude might be valuable advice for first-years—suddenly small fish in a very big pond (Want to play hockey? So what if these girls are Olympians? You too can give it a shot...
...there is ample historical precedent to doubt that the government is willing or able to restrain itself from harassing its opponents. The era of unconditional trust in the government ended with Vietnam and Watergate; it was not so long ago that the FBI was spying on “suspicious” individuals like Martin Luther King Jr. and “communist-infiltrated” organizations like the Southern Christian Leadership Conference...
Harvard officials confirmed last night that they were meeting with ACID members and were negotiating about points on the list, which includes such items as increasing open space, traffic control projects and a contribution to a neighborhood trust fund...