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Coping with Public Health Hazards in Post-SARS China

Testimony by Yanzhong Huang

May 22, 2013

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Testimony by CFR fellows and experts before Congress.

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Public Health Threats and Pandemics

In his testimony before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, Yanzhong Huang discusses China's recent public health crises. He focused on two areas: encouraging further government transparency and emboldening civil society to help enact policy changes.

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Taiwan

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International Organizations

The World Bank Group’s Role in Global Development
Since its founding in 1944, the World Bank has evolved from a lender focused on European reconstruction to the preeminent international institution for economic development and poverty reduction.

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Middle East and North Africa

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Japan

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Genocide and Mass Atrocities

Remembering the Rwandan Genocide

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