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Archive for February, 2012
 

 
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Healthcare Reform, Chinese Start Up Style (Meiloo.com is taking off)

A few months ago we interviewed Yan Zhang and Jeffrey Wu and profiled their Beijing-based internet start-up Meiloo.Com.  We summed up Meiloo.com’s business model in the following way; In brief, Meiloo is a health care pr...
by Damjan Denoble
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CNN says healthcare in India = Good, healthcare in China = Bad. Just another reason why CNN’s ratings stink.

China's healthcare efforts are described as "struggling" and "corrupt", India's healthcare efforts are characterized as "making progress" and "praiseworthy". The truth is, both characterizations are grossly misleading - China...
by Damjan Denoble
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Human capital continues to depart the Philippines

he Philippines is the leading provider of health professional manpower to many parts of the world. It ranked first and second, respectively, in the country list of the highest number of registered nurses and doctors exported wo...
by Damjan Denoble
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Creating a genetic map of Asia: A Book Talk

Posted By Damjan DeNoble I am currently reading Steve Olson’s “Mapping Human History” and there is a part of the book that deals with the genetic mapping of Southeast Asia, a history that is very relevant to o...
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Why Didn’t Chinese Peasants Riot During the Great Famine

Today I discovered the talented Xujun Eberlein and her Inside Out China Blog.  Currently Xujun is researching her family history in Sichuan, and this has led to her researching the period of time between 1959 and 1962, when so...
by Damjan Denoble
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