Those of you interested in China’s food industry may want to check out a new paper discussing the current state of China’s retail food sector. The US Foreign Agricultural Service has …
Green Grocers in China?
I read an intriguing post recently on the Global Times about a Greenpeace investigation into China’s foreign-owned supermarket chains. This Greenpeace “Supermarket List for China” ranked the 15 largest supermarkets …
China’s Rural Elderly: Good Access To Healthcare?
I’ve touched a bit on the state of China’s public health care system; now there’s an outstanding 4-part series from China Healthcare Blog discussing the state of rural health care and …
Air Quality: Games For Kids
It’s a bit, um, difficult to make air pollution a cool subject for kids. Even my recent slide show on air pollution left a few high-schoolers eyes glazed. Fortunately, I …
China & Smoking: Higher Taxes on the Way?
Smoking is an emormous global issue, not just among expats. As I discussed before, China’s smoking rate is astonishingly high with over 50% of men smoking. The (surprisingly?) excellent national …
Beijing Healthcare Forum Meets Jan 28th
The newish Beijing Healthcare Forum announces their next meeting, tomorrow night the 28th at Luce. This next meeting’s speaker will be Prof. William (Bill) Valentino, a recognized expert on sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility …
Why Do So Many Chinese Men Smoke?
I find it fascinating that over 50% of men in China are smokers, while only about 5% of women are. Why such a huge discrepancy? These are massive questions for …
A New Blog on China Healthcare
There’s an interesting new blog about China healthcare…called, easily enough, China Healthcare Blog. It’s a spinoff of their previous Asia Health Care blog. They have a good group of writers …
Chinese Office Workers Too Stressed…
We all sense that China’s current economic frenzy has led to many people — expats as well as locals — to work extremely long hours and face huge amounts of …
World AIDS Day Today: The Stigma in China…
Today is World AIDS Day, and local newspapers are providing good information online today. The Global Times has a nice series of articles reviewing the situation in China (Global Times …
Next Beijing Healthcare Forum: World AIDS Day
Two weeks ago, the open-invite Beijing Healthcare Forum had its most successful night yet, as over 40 people enjoyed the Q&A session by United Family Hospital CEO Roberta Lipson. The …
Next Healthcare Forum: Roberta Lipson
I’ve mentioned before that there is a new Beijing Healthcare Forum which meets bimonthly at Luce. Here’s our description from the Google group website: We are a group of academics …