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China, HK, Macau
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Quick update and links: The Ups and Downs of HIV/AIDS progress in China

Tian Xi, himself afflicted with the virus after a botched blood transfusion in the 1990s, was detained in Henan province after petitioning authorities to pay for his medical expenses. The hook of this otherwise all too common ...
by Damjan Denoble
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China, HK, Macau
los angeles china town for china seniors accessing healthcare story

LA educates Chinese migrants on how to access American Healthcare system

Just like Western expats without Chinese language skills living in China, Chinese expats without English speaking skills living in America have a hard time understanding where to get help for their needs. This is especially im...
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Prehistoric Boulder Painting found in Xinjiang, China

Here's a link to a rare archaeological find from Xinjian, China. A jade merchant walking at high altitudes near Xinjiang China found a buffalo-size stone covered with paintings. Some depict animals, other shapes are not so cl...
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Fang Xuanchang is a respected Chinese science and technology journalist who was recently beaten by two men he suspects were thugs hired by an angry doctor he exposed in a story. The incident suggests a new enemy to journalists in a nation filled with government press crackdowns: vindictive story subjects who hire mobsters to seek revenge. Photograph by: John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times/MCT

China’s quack doctors are not afraid to hire someone who’ll hurt you, or me

All I can say is, boy it's good to be in the US of A, where I can safely say, "Go F[ine and self regulate] yourself [better] TianTian Puhua Hospital in Beijing for taking suffering people's money and feeding them false hope." ...
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Short Story: Negative Selection Has Gone Global, My Friend

"It’s 1974, and you’re a fac­tory worker in the For­mer Yugoslavia. You’re a highly skilled mechan­i­cal engi­neer, no less: a mem­ber of the the intel­lec­tual and trained elite. The clock on the fac­tory floo...
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