China in Global Health - Past and Present

"This Element argues that the territories and peoples associated with China have played vital roles in the emergence of modern international health. In the early twentieth century, repeated epidemic outbreaks in China justified interventions by transnational organisations; these projects shaped strategies for international health. China has also served as a space of creativity and reinvention, in which administrators developed new models of health care during decades of war and revolution, even as traditional practitioners presented alternatives to Western biomedicine. The 1949 establishment of the People's Republic of China introduced a new era of socialist internationalism, as well as new initiatives to establish connections across the non-aligned world using medical diplomacy. After 1978, the post-socialist transition gave rise to new configurations of health governance. The rich and varied history of Chinese involvement in global health offers a means to make sense of present-day crises"--

List of contents

1. Introduction: China and the Making of Global Health; 2. The World's Laboratory; 3. Medical Circulations in the Cold War; 4. Post-socialist Pandemics in a Global China.

Summary

This Element argues that the territories and peoples associated with China have played vital roles in the emergence of modern international health. The rich and varied history of Chinese involvement in global health offers a means to make sense of present-day crises.

Foreword

This Element argues that the peoples associated with China have played vital roles in the emergence of modern international health.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Augusta Brazelton, Mary Augusta (University of Cambridge) Brazelton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781009045667
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0904566-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Global China
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, MEDICAL / Public Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Personal & public health, Politics & government, Politics and government, East Asia, Far East, Personal and public health / health education