https://chinaroots.org/en/tags/urbanresilience/Recent content in UrbanResilience on ChinaRoots - Digital Local ChroniclesHugoen-usThu, 16 Apr 2026 05:23:26 +0000https://chinaroots.org/en/posts/xiamen-public-health-evolution-100y-en/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:23:26 +0000https://chinaroots.org/en/posts/xiamen-public-health-evolution-100y-en/By mining the medical and health archives of the 'Xiamen City Chronicles,' this post deconstructs Xiamen's transformation from the 1884 plague (58,800 deaths) to topping the 'National Sanitary City' rankings in 1995. Core data reveals the historical logic behind the leap in life expectancy from 35 to 74.07 years. Keywords: Xiamen healthcare history, infectious disease control, urban emergency management.