Category Archives: Health and Medicine

Low-cost drug list to transform pharmaceutical industry in China

Posted on 2013-11-19 by Eric Mu

Economic Information Daily (经济参考报), a business newspaper published by Xinhua News Agency, ran a story on November 17 reporting that the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) may soon release a list of drugs that must be sold at low prices … Continue reading →

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Air pollution boosts companies in emissions analysis and filtration

Posted on 2013-11-07 by Eric Mu

It may just confirm what we already know — the smog is getting worse: China’s Meteorological Administration says that there were more smoggy days nationwide this year than anytime during the past 52 years. In Beijing, that includes half of … Continue reading →

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Shenzhen bans “skew weeing”

Posted on 2013-09-02 by Barry van Wyk

Errant weeing will no longer be tolerated in Shenzhen. From yesterday, new regulations made any instance of uncivilized behavior in public bathrooms in the city liable to a 100 yuan fine. As Shenzhen Evening Newsreports today, however, enforcing straight weeing is … Continue reading →

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Satan Lucky’s Floating World

Posted on 2013-08-29 by Alexander Ye

Satan Lucky is the pen name of cartoonist and illustrator based in Beijing. He publishes some of his work on Weibo. His style is based on Ukiyo-e — literally “pictures of the floating world”, the traditional Japanese style of woodblock prints and paintings … Continue reading →

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60-70% of honey in Jinan is fake

Posted on 2013-07-29 by Neil Thomas

The front cover of yesterday’s Jinan Times is dominated by an exposé of the Shandong honey industry, with a headline proclaiming “60-70% of honey on the market is adulterated,” leading into a detailed feature article on pages two and three. The report claims that … Continue reading →

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42 patients escape from mental hospital in Guangxi

Posted on 2013-07-11 by Johan van de Ven

On the evening of July 5th, 42 mental patients escaped from the No. 3 People’s Hospital in Teng county, Wuzhou, Guangxi province. A search was carried out, and all 42 patients were relocated by 7:33 am the following morning. Only … Continue reading →

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Qingdao cops chase Tibetan Mastiff

Posted on 2013-07-05 by Johan van de Ven

The Qingdao Morning Post 青岛早报 reported in a front-page story yesterday that in the early hours of July 3,  a stray Tibetan Mastiff ventured onto the Qingyin highway in Qingdao. From 3 until 11 am, local policemen made seven attempts to capture the dog, … Continue reading →

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AQSIQ: Excessive lead detected in L’Occitane exfoliant

Posted on 2013-05-17 by Barry van Wyk

This post is an extract from the Danwei Bulletin, a briefing of company and market news collected from the Chinese news and social media before the information appears in English language reporting and sent to premium subscribers of the FT’s China Confidential and … Continue reading →

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Hubei farms and dead floating pigs

Posted on 2013-03-26 by Barry van Wyk

In the city of Huangshi in Hubei province there’s a lake called Cihu Lake. Situated close to the Yangtze River, the lake area appears to be an idyllic scenic spot. Yet, especially in light of recent events, Cihu Lake is … Continue reading →

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More dead pigs and a thousand dead ducks dumped in rivers

Posted on 2013-03-22 by Barry van Wyk

Has tragedy become farce? As the vile mystery of several thousand dead pigs floating down rivers in Shanghai continues to roil, Chinese newspapers today report that a thousand dead ducks have been found floating down a river in Sichuan, and fifty dead … Continue reading →

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