China Economic ReviewPfizer, the world largest pharmaceutical company, announced it would set up its regional headquarters and a clinical trial center in Shanghai. The final location has not yet been decided but the company will probably set up in the Zhangjiang hi-tech zone. Pfizer is the second multinational pharmaceutical company to set up a clinical trial center […]
Nearly half a million people die each year in China as a result of smoke, mainly from indoor coal- and wood-burning stoves, according to a leading international health expert. About 420,000 deaths occur as a result of dust, toxins such as carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide and lead coming from stoves in poorly ventilated rural homes, […]
Japan offered US$2.7m compensation for 46 workmen poisoned in August when they disturbed mustard gas canisters left behind by the Japanese army in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, during the Pacific War. China did not immediately say whether it would accept the proposed settlement. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had earlier offered "heartfelt condolences and sympathies" to […]
The US officially opened a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office in Beijing. The CDC office will work closely with Chinese authorities to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). According to official Chinese statistics 200,000 people died from AIDS last year and one million are infected […]
Marketers have the opportunity to tap into the burdens of Chinese men, who are weighed down with anxiety and the fear of losing control.