Staff move bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Centre in China, where some people infected with the new virus are being treated. Photo: AP

Opinion

Asian Angle by Keith B. Richburg

Bird flu, Sars, China coronavirus. Is history repeating itself?

Hongkongers could be forgiven any déjà vu over the latest outbreak of a deadly virus originating in mainland China
A common thread appears to link each of these disasters: a Chinese penchant for secrecy that makes things worse.

Keith B. Richburg

Published: 8:57pm, 23 Jan, 2020

Updated: 9:39pm, 23 Jan, 2020

Staff move bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Centre in China, where some people infected with the new virus are being treated. Photo: AP

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Keith B. Richburg

Professor Keith B. Richburg, a former Washington Post correspondent, is Director of The University of Hong Kong's Journalism and Media Studies Centre.