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- The city’s shift away from proportional reimbursement requires patients to pay the difference for expensive original drugs, potentially altering the landscape of the pharmaceutical market on the Chinese mainland
May 13, 2026 16:38 PM- China Overhauls Agriculture Law to Secure Food Supply and Boost Rural Incomes
- The sweeping revision aims to codify financial compensation for grain-producing regions and integrate rural labor markets
May 13, 2026 15:24 PM- Beijing Rolls Out Sweeping Crackdown on Pharmaceutical Kickbacks
- A coalition of seven government bodies has issued sweeping measures to ban sales quotas for drug representatives and trace bribery liabilities directly to pharmaceutical companies
May 13, 2026 15:11 PM- China’s Youngest Adult Women Are Saying No to Motherhood, Report Shows
- A new report shows nearly half of women born after 2000 don’t plan to have children, as career penalties and weak employer support persist
May 13, 2026 14:30 PM- China’s High-Risk Cholesterol Patients Are Falling Through the Cracks, Study Says
- A sweeping nationwide study highlights a troubling paradox in the country’s healthcare system: the higher a patient’s cardiovascular risk, the less likely their cholesterol is controlled
May 12, 2026 11:36 AM- Former Top Chinese Anti-Graft Official Indicted on Bribery Charges
- Xu Chuanzhi, who once led anticorruption work in Ningxia and later headed central inspection teams, will stand trial in Ningbo
May 12, 2026 10:42 AM- Hong Kong Raises Student Quotas, but Mainland Demand Pushes Admissions Bar Higher
- As applications surge, top universities are tightening screening for mainland Chinese students across undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs
May 11, 2026 12:13 PM- Elite Chinese University Fires Researchers Over Faked Nature Study
- The dismissal of Tongji University scientists highlights a growing crisis of academic integrity tied to the country's vast state research funding
May 08, 2026 19:17 PM- Chongqing Police Chief Dies at 55 After Sudden Illness
- Zhang Anjiang passed away following a sudden illness, cutting short a tenure focused on modernizing public security in the sprawling southwestern Chinese megacity
May 08, 2026 11:13 AM- China’s Top Prosecutor Takes Over Probe Into Deadly Fireworks Factory Blast
- The blast in Hunan province prompted a region-wide halt to fireworks production as investigators uncover a history of safety violations and rented licenses at the facility
May 07, 2026 20:16 PM- China Sentences Two Former Defense Ministers to Death With Reprieve
- Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu will face life imprisonment without parole after the reprieve period expires, according to state media
May 07, 2026 12:43 PM- China Leans on Younger Seniors to Solve Rural Elder-Care Crisis
- A new policy pushes a mutual-aid model for the countryside, but funding deficits and agricultural realities threaten its sustainability
May 06, 2026 20:30 PM- HKU Researchers Develop Nasal Spray for Pre-Hospital Stroke Treatment
- The experimental nasal spray bypasses the blood-brain barrier and reduced brain tissue death by more than 80% in pre-clinical studies
May 06, 2026 15:32 PM- In Depth: Why Chinese Courts Are Penalizing the People Who Feed Stray Pets
- Grassroots caregivers operating in a regulatory gray area are increasingly paying a high price for long-standing urban animal mismanagement
May 06, 2026 10:54 AM- Mega-Donations Push China’s University Fundraising to Historic High
- Total large donations topped 12 billion yuan last year, with private universities emerging as major beneficiaries of a shifting philanthropic landscape
May 06, 2026 10:27 AM- China Pivots to Combination Vaccines to Break Foreign Monopoly
- Domestic drugmakers are pushing past technological barriers to develop multivalent shots, aiming to halve the number of jabs infants receive
May 05, 2026 16:20 PM- China Overhauls Prison Law to Bolster Inmate Rights and Transparency
- The revised legislation explicitly protects inmates’ rights to appeal and expands attorney-client privileges, marking the first major overhaul of the penal system in 13 years
May 05, 2026 16:00 PM- Blast at Hunan Fireworks Plant Leaves 26 Dead, Dozens Injured
- The explosion in Liuyang, China’s fireworks capital, occurred during the Labor Day holiday, prompting President Xi Jinping to demand swift accountability
May 04, 2026 17:33 PM- China’s Harsher Anti-Graft Rules Raise Risks for Private Firms
- Lower thresholds and broader definitions of bribery could turn routine business conduct into criminal cases, experts warn
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