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China, HK, Macau
incubator

Wanna start a healthcare company, in China? Work with a business incubator

What sets these China [healthcare/health science] incubators apart from venture capital firms is their main purpose is not to give money; at the end of the day they are not responsible to investors. Some probably do give money...
by Damjan Denoble
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Google Buzz is the Prius of Twitter Clones, will it shut down your China gmail sooner or later than 50 days from now?

Since everyone in the China blogosphere is giving their two cents about Google Buzz I’ll throw my hat into the ring, too.  Here are  my thoughts and the thoughts of some friends as discussed on….Google  Buzz. Dam...
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China, HK, Macau
AIDS_in_China

AIDS Fear. China’s new mental illness.

In early January Ethan Watters of the New York times wrote an article called the “Americanization of Mental Illness,” in which he explores the possibility that by exporting it’s modern knowledge of mental illn...
by Damjan Denoble
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China, HK, Macau
RedFlag

Wanna be doing health in China? Beware of red flags (of the minesweeper variety), expect lots of improvisation.

If Stephanie had told me any of this prior to going to Chengdu (I don't think she knew) I would have told her to run for the hills. There are so many red flags in this paragraph that I could write another dozen about them. ...
by Damjan Denoble
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China, HK, Macau
Pollution_China

Know what you’re breathing in when going outside

When living in an area where the air is obviously polluted with something checking the air quality index (AQI) should be the first thing that you do.  But how does one read  the AQI?  Is it as simple as red and orange mean ...
by Damjan Denoble
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