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1. News - China Insider - HEALTH

   'Chinese Dream' luxury cigarettes not for sale, tobacco company says

   Posted Jul 31st 2013, 03:39pm by Patrick Boehler

   ... Patrick Boehler patrick.boehler@scmp.com The "Chinese Dream", President Xi Jinping's slogan, is harmful to your health, at least, if inhaled. Photos of cigarettes branded "Chinese Dream" have been circulating online for about a week, prompting cigarete maker Hubei China Tobacco Industry to deny that the cigarettes named after Xi's political slogan have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china-insider/article/1293334/chinese-dream-luxury-cigarettes-not-sale-tobacco-company-says
2. News - China - HEALTH

   Chinese Aids activists visit Hong Kong to press Beijing for compensation

   Posted Aug 10th 2013, 12:00am by Verna Yu

   ... were Tian Xi, 26, who contracted HIV and hepatitis B and C from a tainted blood transfusion when he was nine years old, and a 43-year-old woman Aids patient surnamed Hu and her HIV-infected ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1295748/chinese-aids-activists-visit-hong-kong-press-beijing-compensation
3. News - China - HEALTH

   Woman gatecrashes Shanghai press conference for answers on dad with H7N9

   Posted Apr 23rd 2013, 12:00am by Daniel Ren

   ... leaders including President Xi Jinping have pledged to enhance transparency in the release of information about the H7N9 outbreak. In Shanghai, the city government has been praised by the media ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1220995/woman-gatecrashes-shanghai-press-conference-answers-dad-h7n9
4. News - China - HEALTH

   Elderly 'most at risk from H7N9 bird flu virus'

   Posted Apr 20th 2013, 12:00am by Emily Tsang

   ... in exposure of the elderly [to H7N9], or physiological factors related to ageing, such as decreased immune function," the report said. President Xi Jinping yesterday called for strict controls on sources of infection and more checks on live poultry. He was also quoted by Xinhua as urging officials to do their utmost to "contain the spread" of H7N9. Xi said local authorities ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1218765/elderly-most-risk-bird-flu-virus
5. News - Hong Kong - HEALTH

   Hong Kong on standby for H7N9 outbreak as China confirms three new cases

   Posted Apr 07th 2013, 12:00am by Daniel Ren, He Huifeng, Johnny Tam

   ... in Hainan that although there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the possibility should not be ruled out. Leaders including President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang promised ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1208847/hong-kong-standby-new-bird-flu-cases-revealed-shanghai
6. News - China - HEALTH

   Volunteer doctors give hope to mainland HIV/Aids patients

   Posted Dec 01st 2012, 12:00am by ZHUANG PINGHUI

   ... organised group of volunteers can bypass the flaws in the system and get problems solved." To mark World Aids Day today, Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping visited a clinic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1094811/volunteer-doctors-give-hope-mainland-hivaids-patients