SARS : reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities / edited by Deborah Davis and Helen Siu.

London : Routledge, 2007.

vi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

SARS : reception and interpretations in three Chinese cities / Deborah Davis and Helen Siu -- Global connectivity and local politics : SARS, talk radio, and public opinion / Eric Kit-Wai Ma and Joseph Man Chan -- SARS, avian flu, and the urban double take / John Nguyet Erni -- Eulogy and practice : public professionals and private lives / Helen Siu and Jane Chan -- Artistic responses to SARS : footprints in the local and global realms of cyberspace / Abbey Newman -- SARS humor for the virtual community : between the Chinese emerging public sphere and the authoritarian state / Hong Zhang -- The weakness of a post-authoritarian democratic society : reflections upon Taiwan's societal crisis during the SARS outbreak / Yun Fan and Ming-chi Chen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.