Researchers at the University of Hawaii disclosed this week that the Earth is likely being watched over by not one silvery sentinel, but two. Those of you who have shelved your social lives to read the most anticipated book of the year, Haruki Murakami’s 930 page tome, IQ84, may be feeling a bit on edge after [...]

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Commentary 2012, Asia, corruption, pollution in Beijing, protest in Asia, year of the dragon

An article in this morning’s LA Times confirms that the H5N1 virus (bird flu) has resurfaced in Hong Kong’s poultry, following other recent outbreaks in Egypt, Cambodia, and Indonesia.  While the virus appears to be contained, consider the historical lessons brought by the influenza epidemic of 1918, which appeared without warning and killed an estimated [...]

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Commentary Asia, BCP, bird flu, disaster recovery, disease, H5N1, Hong Kong, plans