Life as an Introverted Expat
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For those interested in health care in China, My Health Beijing has a nice overview of China-related coverage found in The Lancet's current issue. Also, the Asia Healthcare Blog I mentioned last week has a China-specific sub-blog: China Healthcare Blog. Great reading. (0)
Linyi Chinese Medicine Hospital
Who: The DH
What: Three days of IV antibiotic drips
When: Third and final drip
Where: Linyi Chinese Medicine Hospital
Why: A pesky little respiratory infection
How Much: 180RMB for the antibiotics (2) and 250ml bag of 0.9%NS (1); 32RMB for the nursing treatment/ER visit = 212RMB or ~ $31
Chinese hospitals can be a little chaotic, a [...]
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Ginger Is Your Friend
If Mao could see the consumer culture that has swept his land, I’m sure he would have flipped over in his grave a few hundred times (and had he actually been buried.) Instead, he lies cold and waxy in a huge mausoleum in Tiananmen Square. I’ve seen him. It was not pleasant [...]
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Oh bleah! For the first time months I am suffering the worst of the dreaded Mao’s Revenge. I don’t even want to stand up… Of course, I managed to reach my iPhone for blogging, not that you really want to read about this. The very sweet DH is in the kitchen as I type, cooking [...]
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reading/thinking about today:
Here’s an update on the company dinner last night: two words – warm beer. Enough said.
In other randomness:
The pneumonic plague has struck China, and as alarming as that might seem, I could barely be bothered to keep up with the news. I know it is isolated to some village in the northwest. I [...]
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Yes, my own little Linyi! On Reuters International for…. giving electro-shock therapy to Internet-addicted teens. Oh, Linyi, this is just the sort of thing I expect from you. So quirky, so fun.
From Reuters:
China Bans Electro-Shock Therapy
14 July 2009
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, citing uncertainty in the [...]
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I’m working up a couple of new projects for the blog and one of them revolves around health and medicine in China. Anyone out there have any experiences with healthcare in China that they’d care to share? Email me at imaglobalgal at gmail dot com. I’m curious about all aspects of healthcare and I welcome [...]
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Postings have been sparse as of late! I’m afraid I’m going to have to take a convalescence break from blogging this week, other than perhaps a Photo Friday post. It’s difficult to be witty or even coherent with the sniffles, and I’ve got quite a little cold brewing up here.
I’ll be back soon, renewed!
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For sustenance today I basically had a bowl of spicy kimchi, a slightly bitter pomelo and a liter of coffee… Just waiting to see how my stomach reacts to this one.
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I will freely admit that I was a dirty kid. I am not embarrassed. My mom is probably cringing as she reads this, but it’s true. I did not like washing my hands and I hated baths. Turns out that might be why I am so healthy!
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. This blog explores life in China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. 
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