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Today’s Articles — April 17, 2003

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Canadian Foreign Minister Answers Reporter's Question Regarding the Chinese Party's Blocking Information About the Spread of SARS (Photo)

On April 13, 2003, in Vancouver Westin Hotel, Canadian Foreign Minister Bill Graham received leaders of local communities and held a round table meeting to discuss Canada's foreign policy. After the meeting, a reporter from a Chinese media asked about the Canadian government's opinion on China's blocking information about the spread of SARS. Bill Graham answered the question directly.

CCTV Produces Special Programs to Deceive the Public and Blocks Overseas Reports Regarding SARS

(Clearwisdom.net)

CCTV has launched a high profile propaganda campaign claiming that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, has been contained. As word gets out that the number of infected patients continues creeping up overseas, some parents of Chinese overseas students have made anxious calls to their children in the United States, inquiring about the development of SARS in the US, and even prompting their children to return to China to stay away from SARS.

Apple Daily: The Story of How A Natural Disaster Turned Into a Manmade Calamity

04/05/2003

(Clearwisdom.net) Apple Daily reported on April 5, 2003, that when SARS initially broke out in early March in Hong Kong, the Tung Chee-Wah Administration covered it up, even after five people died from it. It wasn't until a large number of residents of an apartment building fell ill, as disclosed by the Medical College of the Chinese University, that Hong Kong people realized how serious the situation was.