Category Archives: Health and Medicine

Shanghai nonagenarian writes comic book memoir commemorating love of his life

Posted on 2013-02-27 by Barry van Wyk

Rao Pingru (饶平如) has lived a long life marked by great hardship and perseverance. Yet Rao survived war, famine, incarceration, separation and illness, and lived his entire life with undying love for one woman. Now aged 91, Rao’s long life … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Black Dragon River (a.k.a the Stinking Sewer)

Posted on 2013-02-25 by Barry van Wyk

There is a little stretch of river in the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province where black water meets an endless stream of human filth. The place apparently doesn’t have a name, but some online commentators have referred to it … Continue reading →

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The groundwater of 90% of Chinese cities is polluted

Posted on 2013-02-18 by Barry van Wyk

The holiday is over, and here’s some news to bring you right back to down to earth. Or even further down underneath the earth where its apparently pretty smelly. The front page of the Strait Times (海峡都市报) from Fujian province today reports that the … Continue reading →

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“A city besieged” with pollution, but life goes on

Posted on 2013-01-14 by Barry van Wyk

The main theme on the front pages of China’s newspapers today is the record levels of pollution that convulsed China over the weekend and into this week. The front page of the Henan Business Times (河南商报) today displays the smog horizon over the city … Continue reading →

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Contrasting World AIDS Day coverage in China’s newspapers

Posted on 2012-11-30 by Barry van Wyk

With tomorrow being World AIDS Day, a handful of newspapers in China today ran special features and front page headlines on HIV/AIDS-related stories. This coverage came in contrasting styles, however. While most newspapers focused on informative education and prevention activities … Continue reading →

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Ningbo will ‘resolutely not have the PX project’

Posted on 2012-10-29 by Barry van Wyk

Unmentioned in almost every other newspaper in the country, but right in the middle of the front page of the Ningbo Daily (宁波日报) today is a brief announcement: Ningbo will resolutely not have the PX project. After protests all of last week against an expansion project … Continue reading →

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“Knight of the Yangtze” Lu Zijian dies at the legendary age of 118

Posted on 2012-10-22 by Barry van Wyk

The front page of the Chongqing Economic Times (重庆商报) today features a glowing obituary to Lu Zijian (吕紫剑): Chinese martial arts expert, “Knight of the Yangtze”, “Swordsman of the North East”, “Three Time Knight”, fighter against Japanese imperialism, witness to three centuries and now dead at … Continue reading →

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The year of the breastfeeding flash mob in China – a father’s account

Posted on 2012-10-18 by Sascha Matuszak

This has been the year of the flash mob in China, the breastfeeding flash mob to be exact. In May, August and September of this year, Chinese mothers bared their breasts in public to help galvanize a tiny yet growing … Continue reading →

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Guys and Sex Dolls – Scenes from the Guangzhou Sexpo

Posted on 2012-10-16 by Robert Foyle Hunwick

As millions returned to work after one of the most stressful holidays in years on Monday October 8, the Tenth Annual Guangzhou National Sex Culture Festival was finishing its last day. “Look at the time,” Professor Zhu Jiaming, one of the … Continue reading →

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Running vs Tai Chi

Posted on 2012-09-06 by Stephy Chung

For centuries, exercise in China has been defined by Taoist principles, but such notions are losing traction, especially among the young. Can traditions such as Tai Chi keep pace with newer Western forms of fitness? This multi-media feature by Stephy … Continue reading →

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