Tag Archives: health

2024 Donkey Hide Road to Riches: Create Demand, Hike Prices

Posted on 05/18/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Another translation in the series of donkey-hide gelatin and the Africa – China donkey trade inspired by the work of University of Sydney Professor Lauren Johnston. The distinction between drugs recognized by the medical community and ‘health foods’, traditional remedies, … Continue reading →

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2024: Shandong Requests Comments on Draft Donkey Hide Gelatin Industry Development Measures

Posted on 05/08/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Now that many African countries have banned exports of donkey hides, a popular ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicine drugs, the PRC processors and manufacturers are considering their response. The Shandong Province Department of Industry and Information Technology has just released … Continue reading →

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2024: Chinese CDC Study on Rising HIV Infections Among Over-50s

Posted on 04/25/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Increasing number of older people with AIDS: Lonely Old Age, Sex and Pain That They Can’t Put Into Words 老年艾滋病患者数量增加：孤独的晚年，无法言说的性与痛 February 1, 2024 Bad.news Snapshot *This article is an original content published by “Sanlian Life Weekly” 三聯生活周刊 . According to statistics … Continue reading →

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2023 BBC Chinese: Medical Corruption: Chinese Doctors and Drug Rep Confront Anti-Corruption Storm: How the PRC Healthcare System Must be Reformed

Posted on 01/20/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This report from the BBC Chinese language service discusses corruption in the Chinese healthcare system. Part of the problem is corruption; part of the problem is the traditionally low fees that are charged for physician and nursing services. Hospitals and clinics … Continue reading →

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2022: A Dark View from China – “No Regrets Being Chinese”

Posted on 01/13/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Spreading on many Chinese language websites outside of China and likely censored inside China is this mid December 2022 wide-ranging despairing, cynical critique of China. The article in written in the voice of one of the system’s beneficiaries speaking privately … Continue reading →

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Chinese COVID Joke Collections

Posted on 04/12/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

In “ancient times” Chinese emperors would ask that the sayings of the people be collected by officials and reported to the central dynastic authorities so that they would better understand the feelings of the people. This tradition continues today in … Continue reading →

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PRC: Massive Disinfection of Domestic and Foreign Mail

Posted on 01/16/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

As China struggles to eliminate and prevent coronvirus infections to stay close to or at zero infections, it seems that even the low probability chance of infection by mail is important. From what I read on the Internet (well sources … Continue reading →

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2013: Full Text — Qin Hui on Holding Government Accountable and the Road to Constitutionalism — Now Banned Tianze Economic Thinktank 464th Biweekly Seminar

Posted on 04/19/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I just found the full text of Qin Hui’s presentation on the Independent Chinese PEN Center website. My translation of the full text I have now posted below above the excerpt I found a few days ago on the PRC … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #36: The 40th Day of the Wuhan City Closure — March 2, 2020

Posted on 03/03/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

March 2, 2020 The Fortieth Day of the Wuhan City Closure Our calendar is still on February. If I weren’t writing a diary every day, I might even forget what day it is. Each day is a repeat of the … Continue reading →

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Wuhan Diary #16: The Twentieth Day of the Wuhan City Closure — February 11, 2020

Posted on 02/12/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

February 11 Twentieth Day of the Wuhan City Closure Life seems to have come to a halt yet time continues to slip by. Today I finally saw our community’s epidemic report on our neighborhood WeChat group. Our community has twenty … Continue reading →

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