id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-306690-s5mxes4r Shangguan, Ziheng What Caused the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: From the Perspective of Crisis Management 2020-05-08 .txt text/plain 8704 408 50 Since the first known case of a COVID-19 infected patient in Wuhan, China on 8 December 2019, COVID-19 has spread to more than 200 countries, causing a worldwide public health crisis. This article attempts to fill this research gap through analysis of big data, officially released information and other social media sources to understand the root cause of the crisis as it relates to China's current management system and public health policy. Since the first known case of a COVID-19 infected patient in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China on 8 December 2019 [1] , COVID-19 has spread to more than 200 countries and infected over three million people worldwide (as of 28 April 2020), causing a worldwide public health crisis. This article attempts to fill this research gap through analysis of big data, officially released information and other social media sources to understand the root cause of the crisis from the aspects of China's current management system and public health policy. ./cache/cord-306690-s5mxes4r.txt ./txt/cord-306690-s5mxes4r.txt