China Economic ReviewChina’s State Council announced Wednesday that it will spend US$124 billion on medical reforms over the next three years, AP reported. Goals include increasing participation in the basic medical insurance system up to 90% for both urban and rural populations as well as reforming public hospitals which are frequently criticized for high fees, poor access, […]
Cigarette ads: patriotic or simply advertising? That’s the question that Shanghai lawmakers are currently considering. They’d like to ban billboards by Shanghai Tobacco Corporation. The billboards ask people to love China (爱我中华 Ai Wo Zhonghua, or “Love my China”), but Zhonghua is also the name of one of Shanghai Tobacco’s brands. The Shanghai People’s Congress […]
A five-year medical study in 13 mainland cities has found that one-tenth of all birth defects in Jiangsu province are caused by environmental pollution, with half of the remaining cases partly caused by environmental issues, the South China Morning Post reported. The number of birth defects on the mainland rose by 50% to 1.2 million […]
Chinese health care in 2009
Dr Peter Calafiura of ParkwayHealth in Shanghai on dealing with stress in China