COVID-19 MEDIA
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The Waterloo Region Record interviewed Prof. Jonathan Crush, Zhenzhong Si and Ning Dai about the new research grant researching COVID-19's impacts on food security in China.
Zhenzhong Si has been interviewed by several media outlets on Chinese wet markets and wild animal trade.
- VOA. How long will China’s ban on wild animal consumption last? April 9, 2020.
- Temps Présent for Swiss Public Television. April 8, 2020.
- Bloomberg: Wuhan is returning to life. So are its disputed wet markets. April 6, 2020.
- Norwegian Telegram Bureau about wet markets in China and COVID-19. April 1, 2020.
- Rear Vision on ABC Radio National (Australia) about wet markets and wild animal trade in China. Feb. 24, 2020.
- BBC World Service radio about the prevalence of and regulations on wild animal trade and wild meat consumption in China. Feb. 24, 2020.
- NPR radio about COVID-19’s connections with food markets. Feb. 13, 2020.
- Associated Press about wet market regulations in China. Feb. 7, 2020.
- TV interview by Context: Beyond the Headlines about why wet markets are so popular in China despite links to coronavirus and SARS. Feb. 5, 2020.
- Radio Free Asia about wild animal sale regulaions in food markets in China. Jan. 23, 2020. (in Chinese)
- NPR radio program “All Things Considered” about wet markets and their connections with the coronavirus outbreak. Jan. 22, 2020.
Ning Dai was interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program The Current about the importance of wet markets to food security in China, April 17, 2020.
Zhenzhong Si published a commentary on lessons learned from the COCID-19 pandemic in China in The Conversation. April 9, 2020.
Steffanie Scott published a commentary on sustainable agriculture in China in The Conversation. April 9, 2020.
Jonathan Crush’s blog on Africa’s looming COVID-19 pandemic was reposted by the Jacobin and Africa Is A Country.