Shops Ordered to Sell Alcohol in Xinjiang Village
Amid China’s ongoing crackdown on terrorism in Xinjiang, launched last May in effort to...
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China National Tobacco, Beijing’s Smoky Cash Cow
Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week is an in-depth examination of China’s...
China Suffers 27% of World Cancer Deaths
At Bloomberg Christina Larson reports on the dramatic rise of cancer in China: A recent report...
Cigarettes Kicked Out of School in China
China’s tobacco industry produces 40% of the world’s cigarettes, and the country is...
China Bans Officials From Smoking in Public
Xinhua reports that China’s State Council and the Party’s Central Committee have...
China Eyes Public Smoking Ban
As one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of tobacco, China has seen a twofold...
Tobacco Production Doubled in China
Looking to a recent report by the Research Center for Health Development [zh], the Global Times...
Lung Cancer Experts Call for Action on Tobacco
Over the weekend, experts at the annual North-South Lung Cancer Summit in Beijing warned that...
Anti-Smoking Campaign Faces Powerful Industry
South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports a “bleak” new update to a...
China Laps Up Luxuries
A number of recent articles have focused on China’s increasingly formidable appetite for imported luxury goods. The Economist gives an overview: Sales of luxury goods are exploding, despite a hefty tax on importing them. A...
Geoffrey York: In China, cigarettes are a kind of miracle drug
From the Globe and Mail: Here’s some exciting medical news from the Chinese government: Smoking is great for your health. Cigarettes, according to China’s tobacco authorities, are an excellent way to prevent ulcers. They also reduce the risk of Parkinson’s disease, relieve schizophrenia, boost your brain cells, speed up your thinking, improve your reactions and […]
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