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Shops Ordered to Sell Alcohol in Xinjiang Village

Amid China’s ongoing crackdown on terrorism in Xinjiang, launched last May in effort to combat increasing violence in the region and elsewhere in China, authorities have rolled out policies limiting...

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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 state-owned tobacco monopoly by Andrew Martin. China National produces 2.5 trillion cigarettes a year, and provides...

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China Suffers 27% of World Cancer Deaths

At Bloomberg Christina Larson reports on the dramatic rise of cancer in China: A recent report from the World Health Organization shows an alarming rise in the number of cancer cases diagnosed...

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Cigarettes Kicked Out of School in China

China’s tobacco industry produces 40% of the world’s cigarettes, and the country is home to 25% of the world’s smokers. As China’s tobacco production has nearly doubled over the past decade, the...

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China Bans Officials From Smoking in Public

Xinhua reports that China’s State Council and the Party’s Central Committee have banned government officials from smoking in public alongside efforts from authorities to enact a national public smoking...

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China Eyes Public Smoking Ban

As one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of tobacco, China has seen a twofold increase in cigarette production over the last decade. With a looming public health crisis predicted with more...

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Tobacco Production Doubled in China

Looking to a recent report by the Research Center for Health Development [zh], the Global Times reports that tobacco production in China has nearly doubled since Beijing signed on to the WHO’s...

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Lung Cancer Experts Call for Action on Tobacco

Over the weekend, experts at the annual North-South Lung Cancer Summit in Beijing warned that China could have more than 1 million lung cancer patients by 2025. Despite mounting concern about health...

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Anti-Smoking Campaign Faces Powerful Industry

South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports a “bleak” new update to a study on China’s powerful and growing tobacco industry by Cheng Li at the Brookings Institution: A total of 300 million...

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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...

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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...

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Shops Ordered to Sell Alcohol in Xinjiang Village

Amid China’s ongoing crackdown on terrorism in Xinjiang, launched last May in effort to combat increasing violence in the region and elsewhere in China, authorities have rolled out policies limiting...

View Article

China National Tobacco, Beijing’s Smoky Cash Cow

Bloomberg Businessweek’s cover story this week is an in-depth examination of China’s state-owned tobacco monopoly by Andrew Martin. China National produces 2.5 trillion cigarettes a year, and provides...

View Article


China Suffers 27% of World Cancer Deaths

At Bloomberg Christina Larson reports on the dramatic rise of cancer in China: A recent report from the World Health Organization shows an alarming rise in the number of cancer cases diagnosed...

View Article

Cigarettes Kicked Out of School in China

China’s tobacco industry produces 40% of the world’s cigarettes, and the country is home to 25% of the world’s smokers. As China’s tobacco production has nearly doubled over the past decade, the...

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China Bans Officials From Smoking in Public

Xinhua reports that China’s State Council and the Party’s Central Committee have banned government officials from smoking in public alongside efforts from authorities to enact a national public smoking...

View Article

China Eyes Public Smoking Ban

As one of the world’s largest producers and consumers of tobacco, China has seen a twofold increase in cigarette production over the last decade. With a looming public health crisis predicted with more...

View Article


Tobacco Production Doubled in China

Looking to a recent report by the Research Center for Health Development [zh], the Global Times reports that tobacco production in China has nearly doubled since Beijing signed on to the WHO’s...

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Lung Cancer Experts Call for Action on Tobacco

Over the weekend, experts at the annual North-South Lung Cancer Summit in Beijing warned that China could have more than 1 million lung cancer patients by 2025. Despite mounting concern about health...

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Anti-Smoking Campaign Faces Powerful Industry

South China Morning Post’s Patrick Boehler reports a “bleak” new update to a study on China’s powerful and growing tobacco industry by Cheng Li at the Brookings Institution: A total of 300 million...

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