Mar 2, 2021 · King Yu interviews Michael Berry, professor of Asian languages and cultures and director of the Center for Chinese Studies at UCLA, and an award-winning English translator for Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary (2020).

Jun 5, 2023 · UCLA Chinese culture professor Michael Berry spoke at a UCSB Center for Taiwan Studies event about his new book, Translation, Disinformation and Wuhan Diary, about the COVID-19 outbreak and China’s nationwide disinformation campaign.

Dec 9, 2022 · This book delves deep into the complex world of disinformation and cyber campaigns surrounding the origins of COVID-19 in China. The author, Berry, provides insightful analysis and investigation into the Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from the Original Epicenter and the CCP's efforts to suppress and manipulate information about the pandemic.

Jan 21, 2022 · In 2020, Berry translated Wuhan Diary (2020) by Fang Fang, one of the earliest extended accounts of the COVID-19 crisis. He is also the author of a forthcoming monograph about the disinformation campaign surrounding Wuhan Diary.

Michael Berry, translator of Wuhan Diary, has also ‘received thousands of angry emails and death threats for simply translating her writing’ (Feng 2020). In the west, Fang’s work has attracted almost unanimously positive reactions.

May 10, 2023 · UCLA International Institute, May 8, 2024 — Michael Berry, director of the Center for Chinese Studies and professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at UCLA, has been awarded a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship to translate “Dead Souls,” the third novel of the dystopian “Hospital” trilogy by Chinese science fiction author and ...

5 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA now believes the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a laboratory, according to an assessment that points the finger at China even while acknowledging that the spy agency has “low confidence” in its own conclusion.. The finding is not the result of any new intelligence, and the report released Saturday was completed at the ...

Jan 9, 2025 · There is an overwhelming amount of primary source material available online regarding the COVID-19 pandemic from the United States and around the world. This is just a small sampling of places containing related materials.

Jun 25, 2020 · What terrible offense had I committed to elicit this deluge of hate? I had translated “Wuhan Diary,” an account by Chinese author Fang Fang of covid-19’s spread in her hometown.

Mar 2, 2021 · Translating Fang Fang’s Wuhan Diary amid the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Conversation with Michael Berry