2002 ⟶ SARS Outbreak Begins in Guangdong, China

November 16: The 2002-2004 SARS outbreak begins in Guangdong...
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🦠 Epidemic in K'aui-chi, Relief Efforts by Ch'ung-li I

An epidemic breaks out in K'aui-chi, causing many deaths. Imperial official Ch'ung-li I provides medicines that save many lives.⟶
Epidemic in K'aui-chi, Relief Efforts by Ch'ung-li I (38)
EpidemicDiseasePublic HealthImperial China
ChinaChina

🤧 Outbreak of Asian Flu Pandemic

Beginning of the Asian flu in China, leading to a worldwide pandemic that lasts until the following year.⟶
Outbreak of Asian Flu Pandemic (1957)
PandemicEpidemicInfluenzaPublic HealthWorld Health OrganizationDiseaseViral OutbreakGlobal Health CrisisMedical History
ChinaChina

🌾 Great Chinese Famine Begins

Great Chinese Famine begins in China.⟶
Great Chinese Famine Begins (1959)
FamineCommunismMao ZedongDisasterSocial Engineering
ChinaChina

🦠 SARS Outbreak Begins in Guangdong, China

November 16: The 2002-2004 SARS outbreak begins in Guangdong, China.⟶
SARS Outbreak Begins in Guangdong, China (2002)
EpidemicDiseasePublic HealthVirusHealthcareGlobal Health Crisis
ChinaChina

🪧 China's Escalation of Repression Against Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Persecution of Uyghurs in China in Xinjiang increases.⟶
China's Escalation of Repression Against Uyghurs in Xinjiang (2014)
Human RightsPersecutionXinjiangSurveillanceConcentration Camps
ChinaChina

🦠 Global Spread of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic, which began spreading late in the prior year, spreads from China to the vast majority of the world's inhabited areas, infecting at least 81 million and killing at least 1.8 million people in its first year.⟶
Global Spread of COVID-19 (2020)
PandemicEpidemicPublic HealthGlobal Health CrisisDiseaseWorld HistoryMortalityQuarantine
ChinaChina