what is it about China that makes it susceptible to viral and bacterial outbreaks?......Poor education, poor hygiene, little clean running water,and an utter disregard for your neighbor citizens wellbeing.
My understanding is the terrible hygiene of the farms in China - and the proximity of pigs and ducks in particular. Something about the back and forth between different animals increases the mutation rate of say the influenza virus and then every once in a while the mutation is one that makes it particularly dangerous to humans. I suspect the rather amazing range of other life forms that humans will eat in China and the open air markets in which this stuff is sold may help. All in all, there would seem to be a lot of simple things that could be done to stop China from being the viral epicenter.
Eating weird animals. The Jewish guidelines for eating only clean animals seem to go beyond religion.
Eating bats? No wonder people get sick.