Ant Afu: The Explosive Digital Health App Taking over China

My two cents on the seven-month-old AI app that already boasts 30 million monthly users and processes 10 million health queries per day.

Feb 18 • Ruby Wang

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January 2026

Starmer in Beijing: Health, Science and Europe-China Relations - with Professor Kerry Brown

Looking beyond the headlines to examine the historical roots and future direction of the UK and Europe's engagement with China.

Jan 30 • Ruby Wang

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Making Sense of China's Notorious National Drug Reimbursement List

What the recent publication of this high-stakes annual cycle revealed about how China prices risk, manages drug access and controls access to health…

Jan 20 • Ruby Wang

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Scaling a Leading Global Biotech from China - with Josh Smiley, President and COO of Zai Lab

A unique insider view on the opportunities, constraints and trajectory of China’s booming biotech sector, from one of the industry’s most senior global…

Jan 5 • Ruby Wang

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December 2025

China’s Health Ministries (Pt. 3): Who Controls the Money – and Why the NHSA Matters Most

An essential guide to the National Healthcare Security Administration - the gatekeeper of market access, at the hardest edge of China’s health system.

Dec 26, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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China Health Pulse: 2025 Wrapped

Doctor's Notes #5: Reflecting on an extraordinary year.

Dec 17, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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Reflecting on World AIDS Day - with Leading China HIV Expert, Professor Joan Kaufman

A special "ChinaHealthPulse" x "Peking Hotel" collaboration, with the HIV health expert who establish the Ford Foundation in China, and her four-decade…

Dec 1, 2025 • Ruby Wang and 何流｜Liu He

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November 2025

China, Global Health & Multilateralism - with the Head of the United Nations for China, Siddharth Chatterjee

A conversation with the UN's senior-most representative in China about global health, multilateralism and lessons from his decades of leadership across…

Nov 14, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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October 2025

China’s "Internet Hospitals": How the World’s Largest Health System Went Digital

The groundbreaking nationwide model that made digital health part of everyday life in China, and what the rest of the world should be learning from it.

Oct 20, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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Building China's First AI Hospital & Transforming Medical Education - with Prof. Tien-Yin Wong

In this first episode of the new China Health Pulse Podcast, I chat with Prof. Wong, the highest ranking foreigner in a university in China, on his…

Oct 4, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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September 2025

Doctor's Notes #4: The Latest in China on AI x Health

September's curated prescription of reads and listens on health and China.

Sep 18, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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August 2025

China's Health Ministries (Pt. 2): the Powerful Drug Regulator Driving its Biotech Rise

A deep dive into China's equivalent of the FDA - the National Medical Products Administration.

Aug 27, 2025 • Ruby Wang

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