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The Healthcare Issue
May, 2018
I warn you not to fall ill,” Labour leader Neil Kinnock said of his election rival, the Conservative Margaret Thatcher, in 1983. “And I warn you not to grow old.” Thatcher won a landslide victory, and Conservative underfunding and mismanagement left the NHS in parlous health.
Kinnock’s omens would not be misplaced in China, where hospitals are infamously oversubscribed and underwhelming. It’s not just the queues, short tempers, and overstretched specialists. According to Pew research conducted between 2008 and 2015, the percentage of those who consider “safety of medicine,” seniors’ insurance, and healthcare a “very big worry” rose from 8, 13, and 12 percent respectively to 28, 33, and 25 percent.
The government has promised comprehensive insurance by 2020, with further reforms to come. To assess its progress, TWOC visited a purpose-built “health city” in 2010, and again today, to see how the market has adapted to the needs of an aging population. Meanwhile, one writer pens a moving and revelatory diary of her grandfather’s last days—a story as much about the heart as healthcare.
In other pages, we revisit the infamous “human flesh search,” reveal that China’s “bubble tea” wars are real and raging (as are the craft-beer battles), assess the rise of vegetarianism, and visit Hainan’s coconut country. All this—and more—inside.
八年前后,我们两度走访燕达健康城,在那里看到了行业的发展、创业的艰辛,以及那始存在的健康养老之梦; 直到生命尽头:爷爷与癌症抗争的最后时光——一座“国际健康城”的艰辛探索,一个家庭与临终亲人的最后时光,汇聚成中国医疗养老产业的今天和明天。
COVER STORIES | 封面故事
City of Life and Death
一座“国际健康城”的艰难探索
Love in An Old Climate
一个家庭与临终亲人的最后时光
FEATURES | 主题故事
Sins of the Flesh
人肉搜索——平民的正义还是大众的狂欢?
Veggie Values
对很多素食主义者来说,吃素不仅是一种生活方式,更是一种人生哲学
Crafty Conglomerates
精酿啤酒圈儿里的那些事儿
ON THE ROAD | 在路上
Coconut Country
在海南的东郊椰林,一切仿若旧日时光,而椰子则是一切之本
TECH SUPPORT | 永动机
Killer App
豆瓣——文艺青年的聚集地,网络里的乌托邦
SOCIAL CHINESE | 社交汉语
Bad Romance
如何像琼瑶剧主人公一样谈恋爱? (危险动作,请勿模仿)
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