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 ArticleChina 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 ArticleChina 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 ArticleCigarettes 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...
View ArticleChina 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 ArticleChina 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 ArticleTobacco 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...
View ArticleLung 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...
View ArticleAnti-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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleGeoffrey 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...
View ArticleShops 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 ArticleChina 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 ArticleChina 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 ArticleCigarettes 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...
View ArticleChina 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 ArticleChina 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 ArticleTobacco 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...
View ArticleLung 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...
View ArticleAnti-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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