| Home > Resources > Leadership > Executive Summary > Case Studies Case Study 2003, Chinese Leaders Withhold SARS Information from Villagers As SARS spread across China, government officials withheld information from villagers on the theory that, as one bureaucrat reported to the news media, "They just won't understand." But when residents learned their villages might be used to quarantine outsiders who had possibly been exposed to SARS, they rioted against government preparation of quarantine centers and set up makeshift roadblocks to keep out nonresidents. Reference Beech H. The quarantine blues: with suspected SARS patients getting dumped in their backyards, China's villagers rebel. Time Asia Magazine 19 May 2003: 161(19). Accessed 15 December 2003. | 
