In this episode of China in the News, Ben examines the Mandarin Chinese vocabulary associated with Bird Flu, after new cases of the disease sprang up in Eastern China.
禽流感 Qín Liúgǎn - Bird Flu
猪流感 Zhū Liúgǎn - Swine Flu
新型 Xīnxíng - New Strain
医生 Yīshēng - Doctor
我要去医院 Wǒ yào qù yīyuàn - I want to go to a hospital
http://youtu.be/p9ALX8sUzBo
Chinese col. says bird flu virus is U.S. biological weapon | Washington Free Beacon:
A Chinese Air Force officer on Saturday accused the U.S. government of creating the new strain of bird flu now afflicting parts of China as a biological warfare attack.
People’s Liberation Army Sr. Col. Dai Xu said the United States released the H7N9 bird flu virus into China in an act of biological warfare, according to a posting on his blog on Saturday.
The charge was first reported in the state-run Guangzhou newspaperSouthern Metropolis Daily and then picked up by several news outlets in Asia.
As the world keeps a close eye on the bird flu outbreak in China - panic is already spreading across neighboring countries. Six people have died so far out of the 16 infected - figures far from an epidemic. Geopolitical analyst and author William Engdahl says panic is being spread, and profits made, before any research in to the virus has been completed.
http://youtu.be/PCPI_ETaBJc
On today's "Global Outlook," Olivia Sterns reports on the spread of a new strain of bird influenza in China. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)
http://youtu.be/4wAo46YRBCY
H7N9, the latest variant of the avian flu virus, has spread 700 kilometers across three Chinese provinces since it was identified last month. With researchers struggling to identify how the disease is transmitted, concern is mounting about its danger to humans. Ivan Broadhead has this report from Hong Kong.
http://youtu.be/HfDGo6MFxdQ
