TFA says:
"For decades, the Chinese government’s top priority has been the preservation of social stability."<p>It should say:
"For millenia, the Chinese government’s top priority has been the preservation of social stability."
>>Meanwhile, China's hierarchical system remains fragmented and autonomous below the top levels of power.<p>exponential decay wrt distance to Beijing
<i>China’s Pig Pandemic Should Worry Everyone</i><p>What's up with the title? I could understand for something like SARS, but <i>African swine fever only affects pigs</i>.
What I worry about is that an increasing population also means an increasing "surface area" where diseases can occur in the first place, not just that they spread faster.