This blog has made a number of post about China’s broken health care system. See, e.g. – A Prescription for Change, and Not All is Well in China - Access to Health Care.

Last week the Wall Street Journal [subscription may be required] published a front page article that shows things may be improving and there is hope (“In China, Farmers Become Health-Care Monitors: Test Program Targets Nation’s Broken System, Fining the Local Doctor”).

Relatedly, see also this WSJ article, “Insurers Target the Developing World,” re: the burgeoning insurance market in both China and India. I never fully appreciated all of the information insurance companies need and use to sell policies and manage risk. I am also impressed by their entry strategy into these markets (others may not be and/or view what they are doing as unethical – if so, that’s fair game and discuss as a comment!).

More global business developments and opportunities for you to be aware of and thinking about.

Fascinating stuff.

As a follow up to our sustainability session with Lahey, Jencks, et al., I thought this PBS interactive map was done well enought and was important enough to list as a seperate post. This interactive map will give you a feel for the water issues that China must come to terms with in the coming decades. Be sure to click on the boxes with each item to learn more.

Huge population, huge country, limited resources, seemingly intractable water issues and problems to solve — sheesh, and I thought my job was hard.

Your thoughts?