China announces "medical tourism" special economic zone on Hainan Island

Given all the…exciting and colorful…stories in the ‘noob seeks to manufacture widget in China; fails to understand certain local customs and usages, things end badly’ genre; I must admit that I’d be more than a trifle nervous about availing myself of the services likely to be available here.

At least when it comes to electronics manufacture; the moral of the story seems to be that your odds of getting out with something that resembles what you ordered, and your shirt, depend strongly on having someone suitably knowledgeable on your side, a good local fixer, or both.

That’s one thing for cheap widgets. Another for experimental stem cells.

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