The Crushing of Light

January 31, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Baltimore Sun" January 31, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=d5c67b0c-ff05-4cb2-9b11-148c286c64e5 Outbreak declared a global health crisis The World Health Organization raises the alarm on deadly coronavirus, urges aid for poorer nations. By Melissa Healy The World Health Organization declared Thursday that the deadly outbreak fueled by a new coronavirus from China has become a global health emergency , citing fears that the microbe will soon reach smaller, poorer countries incapable of stemming its spread. The decision will probably make new resources available to health officials around the world who are battling a virus that has sickened more than 9,000 people on four continents and claimed at least 213 lives. It will also establish WHO’s authority to...

January 30, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Dayton Daily News" (Dayton, Ohio) This editorial by Richard Baum appeared in the "Los Angeles Times" and across the country and I put here on the blog for January 26, 1990 - but I am putting in here again because of the cartoon that the "Dayton Daily News" ran with it. excerpt from "The Marshall News Messenger" (Marshall, Texas) January 30, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=b35c24a5-d057-4cac-ae2c-eee6097d6fc1 U.S. evacuates 201 from Chinese city Worry and confusion abound as planeload of Americans leaves the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. By Cindy Chang BEIJING — The plane was the only way out of the besieged Chinese city, and Americans clamored for seats. A couple with a 7-year-old daughter did not receive...

January 29, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Daily Citizen" (Beaver Dam, Wisconsin) January 29, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=c319082f-5fd6-4af7-a1c1-7a0ae4d5203f Could quarantine in China backfire? Authorities put 50 million on lockdown over coronavirus. The scope and timing worry health experts. A WORKER in a protective suit takes a woman’s temperature at a subway station entrance in Beijing. (Kevin Frayer Getty Images) By Soumya Karlamangla The race to curb the spread of the new strain of coronavirus that has killed more than 130 people worldwide has triggered a massive public health experiment in China that is being closely watched by health experts around the globe. Chi...

January 28, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Reno Gazette-Journal" (Reno, Nevada) January 28, 2020 e xcerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Washington Times" (seen on lucianne.com) Harvard chemistry department chairman charged with lying about ties to Chinese government Washington Times,   by Jeff Mordock Original Article Posted By:  Ribicon , 1/28/2020 7:30:01 PM Federal prosecutors Tuesday charged Harvard University’s chemistry department chairman with lying to the U.S. Department of Defense about his ties to a controversial Chinese talent recruitment program. Prosecutors say Charles Lieber concealed almost $2 million from authorities in an alleged scheme to hide his ties to a Chinese university linked to a program accused of stealing U.S. intellectual property from businesses and universities. By hiding his ties, Mr. Lieber was able to secure $18 million in research gran...

January 27, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Sydney Morning Herald" (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) January 27, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=d0555e21-34ea-43f3-b2a0-bcb23ee7aa5e A hostile climate for Chinese workers Bay Area technology employees feel the heat as trade tensions heighten suspicion toward foreigners PEDESTRIANS in Palo Alto. Chinese nationals and first-generation immigrant families make up a major portion of Silicon Valley. (Noah Berger For The Times) PHYSICS professor Paul Chow objects to the 1999 arrest and detention of Wen Ho Lee on a charge of mishandling classified data during his work at the Los Alamos nuclear bomb-design laboratory. (Los Angeles Times) ZOOM’S Eric Yuan is one of Silicon Valley’s top Chinese immigrant success stories. (Kena Betancur Getty Images) By Yua...

January 26, 1990 excerpts from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Baltimore Sun" December 22, 2012, regarding the passing of Richard Baum (author of the above editorial) January 26, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=9d691a82-c5df-412a-9637-550992f1b1bc China scrambles to contain coronavirus The death toll rises to 56, mostly near the city of Wuhan, where a lockdown extends to private vehicles. A MEDICAL WORKER checks a patient in a Wuhan intensive care unit. The city has added more than 1,400 hospital beds, and clinics were staffed 24 hours. (Xiong Qi New China News Agency) By Cindy Chang BEIJING — As Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a public warning Saturday of “serious” concerns over the deadly coronavirus outbreak, officials in the epicenter of Wuhan scrambled for more beds amid chaos at local hospital...

January 25, 1990 excerpts from "The Daily News" (Lebanon, Pennsylvania) and the "Los Angeles Times" "The Daily News": "Los Angeles Times": January 25, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=0b59005d-f5ef-4e3a-ac5a-5603acc04139 Beijing remains calm amid outbreak As new coronavirus spreads in China, there is concern but no panic in capital. EXCEPT FOR the preponderance of surgical masks, Beijingers appeared to be taking in stride the rapid spread of the new coronavirus, which has killed 41. (Kevin Frayer Getty Images) By Cindy Chang BEIJING — As the coronavirus outbreak in China intensified, with deaths rising and 36 million people under lockdown near the epicenter, it was business as usual more than 700 miles away in the capital, Beijing. The only signs anything was amiss: More...

January 24, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from "The Des Moines Register" and "The Vancouver Sun" January 24, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=7fe4d040-936c-4fb4-b9c7-a87eaf758f1a China escalates fight against virus as fear spreads On eve of Lunar New Year, President Xi faces a crucial test, with nation’s health and economy at stake. By Cindy Chang, Max Lu and Melissa Etehad BEIJING — As Chinese officials take unprecedented measures to contain the spread of a new respiratory virus of unknown potency, 21 million people at the epicenter of the outbreak are under quarantine and Lunar New Year celebrations around the country have been canceled. Despite the health crisis, millions of people have traveled to their hometowns or a...

January 23, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "Kenosha News" (Kenosha, Wisconsin) January 23, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Virus killing mostly the elderly, those with previous health problems Almost half the fatalities were 80 years or older, all of them from Hubei province. 1 hour ago Wuhan quarantine: shutting down a city five times the size of London The city of 11 million people along the Yangtze River has long been a major transport hub, compounding the challenge of stopping the spread of the coronavirus. 1 hour ago

January 22, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Galveston Daily News" (Galveston, Texas) January 22, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=12f1fe1e-ded0-4a8f-9df4-59f78979b6ad Coronavirus spreads, toll rises in China With 440 cases and 9 deaths reported, fears grow as a busy travel season ramps up. WITH THE Lunar New Year arriving Saturday, millions of Chinese will be traveling amid the coronavirus outbreak. Above, travelers at a Beijing railway station. (Mark Schiefelbein Associated Press) By Cindy Chang BEIJING — As millions of Chinese people jam onto trains and planes, headed to their hometowns and overseas for the Lunar New Year in the world’s biggest annual mass migration, fears are growing that a new respiratory coronavirus could spread. Chinese health authorities said Wednesday morning that the n...