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This resulted in new and re-emerging diseases.30 After identifying SARS origin from a wet market Civet source in August of 2016, President Xiʼs economic address, tied to security concerns, called for “full protection of peopleʼs health, stressing that public health should be given priority in the countryʼs development strategy.”31An independent survey of the Chinese citizenry two months later revealed that while the Chinese public agreed with Xiʼs need to promote Chinaʼs more influential role in the world, they raised grave concerns about environmental safety, numerous high-profile scandals regarding unsafe medical and food products, and water and air pollution.32 Chinaʼs story mirrors that of other developing countries in Asia, the fastest-growing region in the world, in that government spending on public health is inadequate and not focused on those who need it the most. |