As was pointed out at ChinaDebate today, Seattle based Cascade Healthcare today announced plans to enter the Chinese eldercare market.  I think a couple of points are worth making about this:  in conversations I’ve had for an upcoming column at Asia Times on the topic of Western operators entering the Chinese eldercare market, it’s obvious [...]

Rapidly aging demographics always make for interesting business opportunities; and in a country like China where this phenomenon is coupled to an uncertain social safety net for the elderly, business is eager to offer a palatable and profitable solution. Or at least that is the objective savvy US investors such as Robert Tanenbaum, owner of [...]

A recent Kit Eaton post in Fast Company magazine talks about the newest shot across the bow between Google and China. But why does no one mention the abject fear most Chinese face — especially the leadership — about the country suddenly crumbling from becoming awash in stuff that can legitimately destabilize the country? The [...]

This very good Al Jazeera report gives one a good sense of just how high the stakes are with China’s healthcare reforms. “The Chinese government is launching a $125bn, three-year plan to reform its healthcare system, hoping to expand basic coverage to 90 per cent of the population. But in a country where less than [...]