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Chinese officials take no chances

Some say authorities are overreacting in quarantining people suspected of having been exposed to swine flu. But for others, memories of the 2003 SARS crisis are still fresh. Beijing — As she approached the immigration counter at Beijing’s international airport at 7 a.m. Sunday, bleary-eyed after flying all night from Bali, Lucia Rocio heard the [...]

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