The Crushing of Light

February 29, 1990 . . . there wasn't a February 29th that year, not a Leap Year . . . so went back to February 28, 1990 for article below excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" February 29, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=742d54b5-4614-44c3-8dfc-5366856b9767 Families anxious as virus turns up in China prisons 500 cases are confirmed, and conditions are grim By Alice Su and Emily Baumgaertner BEIJING — It was bad enough that Deng Xiaoyun’s husband, human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei, had been jailed as a subversive. But when the coronavirus started breaking out in prisons, she had no idea if he was sick or dead. A stocky, balding man with a thick southern Chinese accent, Qin had been a nemesis to local officials in the Guangxi region, often criticizing their corruption and advocating for people seeking their rights. The Times met Qin last ...

February 28, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from "The Vancouver Sun" (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) and the "Calgary Herald" (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) These excerpts from the "Calgary Herald" are from June 7, 1990 . . . after seeing the name of James Munson of CTV in the above article, I found this article from later in 1990 and then below that was an article regarding Hong Kong. February 28, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpts from the "South China Morning Post" (scmp.com) Pandemic or pandemonium? Consensus on coronavirus eludes experts The World Health Organisation said on Friday the risk for Covid-19 to spread globally was very high, but it has stopped short of declaring it a pandemic Names aside, experts say the most important thing is establishing a cohesive plan for dealing with the deadly disease 1 hour ago Corona...

February 27, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from "The Transcript" (North Adams, Massachusetts) February 27, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=4cc0a67d-e9fe-4df9-b2dd-d5ba58d0c325 Brazil reports first virus case Latin America’s sole confirmed patient is a man back from Italy. AIRPORT employees in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where a resident has tested positive for coronavirus. (Andre Penner Associated Press) associated press RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s government announced Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who traveled to Italy this month is Latin America’s first confirmed coronavirus patient. “We will now see how this virus behaves in a tropical country in the middle of summer, how its behavior pattern will be,” Brazilian Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said in a news conference. The man spent two we...

February 26, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "San Francisco Examiner" February 26, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" link to today's digital edition: https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=e4e0eef7-9686-4bd2-a72e-9579ea38bbc3 Bookseller gets 10-year prison term in China Sweden says it was denied access to the naturalized citizen. It demands his release. GUI MINHAI, a Swede, shown on placard, and Lam Wing-kee were among booksellers targeted by China. (Kin Cheung Associated Press) associated press BEIJING — A court in eastern China has sentenced a Swedish seller of books that took a skeptical look at the ruling Communist Party to 10 years in prison for “illegally providing intelligence overseas,” in a further sign of Beijing’s hard line toward its critics. Gui Minhai first disappeared in 2015, when he was believed to have been abducted by Chinese agents from his seaside h...

February 25, 1990 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" excerpt from the "Rutland Daily Herald" (Rutland, Vermont) February 25, 2020 excerpt from the "Los Angeles Times" and the "South China Morning Post" link to today's digital edition of the "Los Angeles Times" https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx?edid=2ae36db8-546c-49c2-953d-c03f33c16c1d Talks ordered over quarantine A judge tells federal and state officials to consult Costa Mesa about potential site. By Faith E. Pinho A federal judge Monday ordered federal, state and local officials to meet by the end of the week to sort out information about the potential use of the Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa as a coronavirus quarantine site, which the city is fighting. A joint report on their meeting is due by 5 p.m. Friday, according to U.S. Dist. Judge Josephine Staton. She set another court hearing for March 2 at 2 p.m. to discus...