In the third spring of the new millennium, China was struck by the sudden outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It had been wreaking havoc in Guangdong Province, Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administr...In the third spring of the new millennium, China was struck by the sudden outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It had been wreaking havoc in Guangdong Province, Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region even before many got to know what SARS was. In the weeks that followed, 32 countries and regions reported SARS cases. Worldwide, SARS infected more than 8,000 people, over 800 of whom died. China was the hardest-hit area. In a sense it was also the frontline in the global war against SARS. The outbreak of the disease put the Chinese Government and its people to the toughest ever test posed by an epidemic展开更多
GENG Lihua,though an ordinaryyoung rural woman has been doingsomething that commandsadmiration-after returning fromNanjing where she worked as a housemaid,she did not start an enterprise or enterbusiness like most peo...GENG Lihua,though an ordinaryyoung rural woman has been doingsomething that commandsadmiration-after returning fromNanjing where she worked as a housemaid,she did not start an enterprise or enterbusiness like most people in her position, butopened a school,sowing the seeds of hope in apoverty-stricken land and trying to change thebackward look of her native home.展开更多
文摘In the third spring of the new millennium, China was struck by the sudden outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It had been wreaking havoc in Guangdong Province, Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region even before many got to know what SARS was. In the weeks that followed, 32 countries and regions reported SARS cases. Worldwide, SARS infected more than 8,000 people, over 800 of whom died. China was the hardest-hit area. In a sense it was also the frontline in the global war against SARS. The outbreak of the disease put the Chinese Government and its people to the toughest ever test posed by an epidemic
文摘GENG Lihua,though an ordinaryyoung rural woman has been doingsomething that commandsadmiration-after returning fromNanjing where she worked as a housemaid,she did not start an enterprise or enterbusiness like most people in her position, butopened a school,sowing the seeds of hope in apoverty-stricken land and trying to change thebackward look of her native home.
