Chinese girls poisoned by yogurt over school rivalry
Two children have died in northern China after drinking yogurt allegedly tainted with rat poison by the owner of a rival kindergarten, media report. The girls in Hebei province suffered...China...
View ArticleEaten hotpot in the last four years in Shanghai? You probably ate rat
If you ate lamb hotpot in Shanghai in the last four years, you may have inadvertently consumed rat (gross), fox (gross), or mink (classy), the Ministry of Public Security announced...China Healthfood...
View ArticlePodcast: Healthcare in China
If you're curious what's happening in the Chinese healthcare industry, don't miss this Sinica podcast. Joining Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn from Danwei are three guests with deep expertise on...China...
View ArticleExpat Advice: Having an abortion in China
I just wanted to share my story in case (like I was) there is another female expat out there looking for information on the experience of having an abortion in...China Healthabortionsabortions in...
View ArticleTaint Through yet
Short photo article on recent food quality scares: While the public may be filled with disgust over recent food safety scandals, the problems of low hygiene standards and production hazards...China...
View ArticleChina threatens world health by unleashing waves of superbugs
China's reckless use of antibiotics in the health system and agricultural production is unleashing an explosion of drug resistant superbugs that endanger global health, according to leading...
View ArticleChinese Hospitals are Bullshit
The latest from The Villain: China never misses an opportunity to dry-fuck it’s nationals and expats alike, and nowhere is this proverbial rape more evident than in the hospitals scattered...China...
View ArticleDilemma about Guide Dogs in China
Have you ever seen a guide dog in China? No? There are a few, but they face some serious challenges and discrimination even in Beijing.China Healthguide dogsseeing eye dogsblinddiscriminationwomen of...
View ArticleAutism in Translation
Language is culture. It reflects a place’s history, values, attitudes, social structures, and even dynamics of power. How we express ourselves and describe the world around us shapes discourse...
View ArticleCigna's unlikely partnership to change Chinese health care
U.S. insurer Cigna has teamed up with China Merchants Bank to bring insurance and reliable health care to the country's rising middle class. By 8 a.m., Renji Hospital, founded in...China...
View ArticleChina Food Safety: What's "safe food" in China anyway?
Recent publicity on fake meat and dead pigs floating down rivers near Shanghai have re-focused global attention onto China’s food system, where very little seems to have improved since the...China...
View ArticleHIV, Acceptance in the classroom
Recently, Guangdong Province edited the physical standards for teacher applicants. Right after issuing the new edition, a heated discussion began because “being an AIDS patient” is no longer a...
View ArticleTCM - The Real Story
Traditional Chinese medicine is an odd, dangerous mix of sense and nonsense. Can it survive in modern China?China Healthmedicinetcmfraudtoxinshospitalsculture
View ArticlePolice raids uncover packs of chicken feet from 1967
Packs of chicken feet smuggled into the country to be processed and sold in south China were over 40 years old, police said yesterday. Nanning police said they recently confiscated...China...
View ArticleBreaking: Pollution really bad for your health, cuts lifespan by years
Residents of smoggy northern China have a life expectancy 5.5 years shorter than than (comparatively) clean-air southerners, according to a 20-year study published by the American National Academy of...
View ArticleBrutally abused girl got help from Weibo
A little girl in eastern China’s Wuhu city has been brutally abused and locked up by her own father and step-mother. Yesterday, a neighbor took to Weibo, the Chinese Twitter,...China Healthchild...
View ArticleChina's 'Left-behind Children': Who's Watching Them?
Left-behind children are more likely to experience suffer injuries than children who live with their parents, and have high rates of both psychological problems and juvenile delinquency. Being subject...
View ArticleWhat kills the most kids in Guangdong? You'd be surprised
Over 96% of fatal accidents among 5-14 year olds in Guangdong Province caused by...China Healththe nanfangchildrenguangdongcause of deathdrowning
View ArticleFast-food ice dirtier than their toilets
Ice cubes used by fast-food giants KFC, McDonald's and Guangzhou-based Kungfu at branches in Beijing contained bacteria far in excess of the national limit, according to China Central Television....
View ArticleBeijing street meat poisons tourist, definitely wasn't lamb
A 20-year-old tourist from northeastern China was hospitalized after eating chuanr lamb skewers that were laced with rat poison. The man went out for a night of lamb-kabobs and drinks...China...
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