Minitrue: Control Calls to Action on Vaccine Scandal
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Samuel Wade | Jan 15, 2019
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Cindy | Apr 20, 2016
China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported on Sunday that nearly 500 students at Changzhou Foreign...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 19, 2016
Following revelations of a scandal involving the distribution of $88 million worth of improperly...
by Cindy | Apr 18, 2016
According to state television broadcaster CCTV, hundreds of students at Changzhou Foreign...
by Sophie Beach | Dec 17, 2015
With pharmaceutical price gouging in the news thanks to the arrest of Turing Pharmaceutials CEO...
by Sophie Beach | Oct 27, 2015
Two new reports published in The Lancet look at recent progress in China’s public health...
by Natalie Ornell | May 8, 2014
Citing a report by independent charity Save the Children, Xinhua reports that the mortality rate...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 26, 2013
Bloomberg reports that China’s Ministry of Health will soon launch a national campaign...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 9, 2013
With persistent health and safety issues with China-made infant formula, parents have taken advantage of trips to Hong Kong and abroad to stock up on supplies for their infants. As a result, the global supply has taken a hit and...
by Scott Greene | Mar 4, 2013
Hong Kong customs officials arrested 45 people late last week on charges of smuggling baby milk formula into mainland China, after a new emergency law took effect on March 1st which limits passengers to no more than two cans...
by Melissa M. Chan | Sep 11, 2012
As China tightens food safety regulations amid various accusations, including the discovery of a cancer-causing toxin in baby formula, China is now investigating claims that genetically-modified ‘Golden Rice’ was tested on...
by Melissa M. Chan | Aug 7, 2012
Amid the controversy of forced abortions and China sending its first woman into space, women’s issues have once again become the focus of media attention. The Global Times reports 30 mothers staged a breast-feeding flash...
by 不忘初心 | Jul 24, 2012
China’s scandal-ridden dairy industry is again the focus of public scrutiny. This time, aflatoxin, a cancer-causing element, was found in samples of Nanshan Bywise infant formula. From Reuters: Five batches of Nanshan Bywise...
by Sophie Beach | Jul 5, 2012
In the New York Times, Edward Wong writes about the rigors of the life-changing gaokao, or college entrance exam, which determines the future of every Chinese high school student. With the intense pressure of the test and its...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 19, 2012
With the safety of dairy products, especially infant formula, constantly under question in China, foreign brands are finding an opening into the China market. From Reuters: The latest foreign bet comes from Danish-Swedish dairy...
by Samuel Wade | Nov 20, 2011
At The Wall Street Journal, Alex Frangos examines the fad gripping Hong Kong for wearing lenseless glasses as fashion accessories, often in conjunction with contact lenses. The no-glass frames also don’t blind the wearer...
by Samuel Wade | May 31, 2011
The past ten years have seen a surge in obesity rates among Shanghai’s schoolchildren, according to a Global Times report: Obesity among Shanghai schoolchildren has increased 24.4 percent in the last decade, according to a...
by Sophie Beach | Jan 8, 2011
Following the discovery that over 200 children suffer from lead poisoning from a nearby battery factory, a local environmental official in Anhui has been suspended. From NPR: Zhao Yiping, the head of the local environmental...