China Has to Feed 50 Million People Now on Lockdown

JOE McDONALD / The Associated Press Jan 31, 2020 Residents in the Wuhan area say that supermarkets remain stocked, but keeping them supplied is a massive governmental effort in logistics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Arizona, California Cases Push U.S. Tally of New Virus From China to 5

The Associated Press Jan 26, 2020 All American cases involve people who traveled to Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak. They are hospitalized in isolation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Scrambles to Contain Virus

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2020 The president's remarks underline the urgent, expanding efforts to control the outbreak as Lunar New Year travelers hasten its spread. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

China Locks Down 3 Cities With 18 Million to Stop Virus

KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 Seventeen people have died in the outbreak, all of them in and around Wuhan; close to 600 have been infected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Cases of New Viral Respiratory Illness Rise Sharply in China

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2020 World health agency weighs global emergency declaration as coronavirus infects more than 400 people, killing at least 17 in Wuhan outbreak. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Foxconn Workers Threaten Suicide

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2012 Workers at a Chinese factory owned by the electronics manufacturer Foxconn threatened to leap from the roof of a building in Wuhan in a protest over wages and working conditions, echoing the tragedy of laborers who jumped to their deaths for similar reasons two years earlier at other company plants. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )