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China, HK, Macau
 

GE more bullish on Healthcare in India than China

See the following article for GE’s CEO Jeff Immelt comment as he bets more on opportunities in healthcare in India (GE bets big on India, to double revenue). When asked about the attractiveness of India vis-a‘-vis China to ...
by Ram
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China, HK, Macau
 

[How] America is Exacerbating China’s Abortion Problems

Radical politicization, hysteria fueled violence, and stalemate defines America’s abortion debate. In turn, and owing in part to historical considerations, China’s ruling elites view the debate as composed of inherently des...
by Damjan Denoble
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India & the ASEAN
 

Spotlight on GlobalHealthIdeas.org

Global Health Ideas is really coming along as a quality resource for any students of, appropriately enough, global health.  The principal contributors are Amar, Jaspal, Farzaneh, and Ben, all graduate students pursuing what se...
by Damjan Denoble
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China, HK, Macau
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Hotel Beijing

When I was taken into quarantine it was impossible to estimate the extent of the government’s commitment to the exercise.  Doctors and their questionnaires appeared official, but random implementation and chaotic executi...
by Paul
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India & the ASEAN
 

Understanding the Thailand HIV/AIDS vaccine

News and Background The big Asia public health news of the moment is the reporting of the world’s first successful HIV/AIDS vaccine trial. In the trial, started in 2006, of the 16, 395 Thai volunteers that participated half w...
by Damjan Denoble
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