Archive for the 'Health' Category

Inside China Today – Friday 5th March

Posted by Daniel Teng on Saturday, March 6th, 2010
 
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- Dire one-child policy enforced by criminals
- Dissidents unhappy with police presence around Party conferences
- Official embezzles 800 thousand Yuan from farmers
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Dire one-child policy enforced by criminals
Criminal gangs are enforcing the one-child policy, according to a villager from Wancang Village of Zhejiang Province. Crime gangs along with public security and village-level officials have united in threatening and forcing [...]

Inside China Today – Friday 26th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Friday, February 26th, 2010
 
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- China’s property market stagnates
- Huge loans for swine flu treatment
- Shanghai petitioners spend unhappy New Year in Beijing
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China’s property market stagnates
Housing prices in China skyrocketed last year. The five cities with the most risky real estate bubbles were Sanya of Hainan Province, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. Trade experts say around the Chinese New [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 14th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Sunday, February 14th, 2010
 
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- Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
- Thousands of bird flu patients left undiagnosed in Daqing
- Workers protest in Suizhou, Hubei over wages
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Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
Tan Zuoren, author and famous environmentalist of Sichuan Province, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was convicted of inciting subversion of state power, allegedly for criticizing [...]

Inside China Today – Thursday 17th December

Posted by Caden Pearson on Thursday, December 17th, 2009
 
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Students warned not to leak information about Bird flu outbreak at their schools
Bird flu has been rampant across Chinese schools since the start of this term.  But school authorities have blocked information.  A college student recently told SOH that those who discussed the flu on the internet were warned by school officials.  The student said [...]

Inside China Today – Thursday 10th December

Posted by Caden Pearson on Thursday, December 10th, 2009
 
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Massive cover up of H1N1 epidemic
Presently the H1N1 influenza is spreading quickly across mainland China. The health department has ordered silence over the issue and has stopped all inspections. Hospitals across the country are instead told to report suspected H1N1 cases as the common cold. Our SOH reporter interviewed doctors and residents from Shijiazhuang of [...]