Tag Archives: health care

Kebabs will not give you AIDS. Maybe. Yargh!

So you may have heard through your friendly telecommunications company health announcement text message service that kebabs might give you AIDS. We heard it first at Liuzhou Laowai. The original text message, when translated to [...]

Xinjiang Health News Roundup for 19-25 March 2008

This is The New Dominion’s Xinjiang Health News Roundup for the following week. Only three stories this time, one involving sleep disorder research in Urumqi, another involving AIDS in Xinjiang’s penitentiary system, and the third [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 18 to 25 January 2008

While Porfiriy’s away, I thought I’d step in and do some news updating. Today’s post includes veterans’ benefits for nuclear test participation, an update on the Ürümchi Dehui fire, educational policy, foreign trade news, awful [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 30 December 2007 to 5 January 2008

This week in Xinjiang, global warming was given a silver lining, the XPCC strengthened its presence in Northern Xinjiang, a model Uyghur policeman was selected as a finalist for Olympic torchbearer, TVs were distributed to [...]

Xinjiang Roundup: 18 November to 24 November 2007

This week, Xinjiang saw four television-worthy crimes, the defeat of a 50-year old coal mine fire, the passing of an old Xinjiang hand, the demise of both confusing toilet signs and the iconic outdoor kebab [...]