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Rise of Syphilis, in China, and the Beijing Olympics are related

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on May 10, 2010. Filed under China, News Items, Public Health. 3 Comments.
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The difference between 2004 and now is that China started presenting it's public face to the world. If 1978 marked the era of China's opening, then 2004's awarding of the Olympics to Beijing marked the era of China's entrance into world society. The interesting story that the figures tell then, is how China's entrance into world society negatively impacted the country's public health.

Is Chinese Hospital Reform lagging because the Chinese don’t know any better?

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on February 5, 2010. Filed under China, News Items. 5 Comments.
The Chinese are fully aware that there are better ways to do things. For that matter, so are Americans. Unfortunately for both, actually bringing about change is difficult. The reason that graft in the provision of prescription medications is tolerated has to do with compensation mechanisms for doctors. The PRC statement did a marvelous job of understating this huge issue, only saying that compensation mechanisms for doctors had to be “perfected”.