China's Medical Care: Once a Barefoot Wonderland

This week's topic will cover, "China's Medical Care: Once a Barefoot Wonderland".

When: Tuesday, May 5th at 7:30pm
Where: City Shop Pan Yu Lu

Suggested Reading

1. Backgrounder: Chronology of Health Care Reforms. Sina Online.

2.The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China's State Council jointly issued a guideline on fixing the ailing health care system on April 6 after over five months of debate and revision. It kicked off the long-anticipated reform to ensure health care service is more accessible and affordable to the country's 1.3 billion people. (click here). Xinhua News.

3. Health Care Reforms Aim to be Finished By 2020 (WSJ Online). However, will they? We will aim to assess his target this coming week.

4. MNCs Continue to Show Increasing Interest in China's Pharmaceutical Market. PWC Report.

5. Western style private hospital care is on the rise in China. Will it be the future or will a "National Health Service" be prevalent. China's Medical Boom is documented by Time Magazine. (Click here)

Real Estate in China

This week we will cover "Real Estate in China." In particular, we will focus on the measures that government can undertake to ensure a healthy real estate market. Bonus: this week's meeting will also include a real estate game... get ready to "bid" for a piece of property!

When: Tuesday, April 28st at 7:30pm

Where: City Shop Pan Yu Lu

Readings

• "In China, Property Sales Show Signs of Picking Up," WSJ.（The figure “real estate slump” is intuitive and useful. All the other materials are selected according to the critical points in that picture.）
• A collection of historic news when the housing markets roared along and reached its historic high, CER. Around December, 2007
• "China’s property market from boom to bust," The Economist. January 2008
• "China cuts taxes, rates to boost housing market," CER. October, 2008
• "China's real estate market still waits for recovery," Xinhua. April, 2009

Optional

• "China's 4 trillion yuan stimulus to boost economy, domestic demand," Xinhua.
  

China's Labor Market

This week's topic will cover, "China's Labor Market". We will discuss what the labor market looks like now, what challenges it faces, legal reforms, the role of Unions, the issue of mass labor migration and more.

When: Tuesday, April 21st at 7:30pm

Where: City Shop Pan Yu Lu

It is thought that most people will purchase a tea/coffee as City Shop have kindly allowed us to use the cafe at no extra cost. But, saying this we understand that students have budgets!

Suggested Reading

1. The Chinese Labor Market Now. Global Financial Crisis Spills Over into Chinese Labor Market. CHINA.ORG.CN.

2. Graduate unemployment in China. The Economist.

3.What China's changing labor market means for the West. MoneyWeek.

4. China's Labor Unions. New labor regulations designed to protect China's workers are already having an impact, according to an American-based watchdog. Newsweek.

5. China's labor Law Buckle (Video). CNN Video.

Optional Reading / Resources

1. The labor market in post-reform China: history, evidence, and implications; China's labor cost advantages are shifting but will remain formidable.

2. We all are aware of the factory closures and the strain it has added to China's employment targets. It is also testing China's Labor Law. WSJ Online.

3. Economic Transition and the Labor Market.

4. IMF Working Paper on Labor Market Performances and Challenges in China.

5. China's Labor Market and Income Security.

6. Modernizing China's Labor Market Stats.

7. Labor Market Research (China). Pick one or two to skim-read. Southwestern.

No Meeting Tuesday 14th April

Hi EDGers

Late notice, but the planned meeting for tonight (Tuesday 14th April) will not go ahead as Kai is away and it appears so am I.

Apologies for the short notice.

Next weeks topic will cover the labor market in China.

See you all next week!

Seb and Kai