Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

Here is what you don't see in China: You don't see enraged passengers reaching across airline counters and shaking fingers at quivering airline employees. You don't see people drinking way too much on flights and making scenes. In other words, you don't see behavior that goes beyond boorish to the realms of freakish and even dangerous.

A new herbal drug derived from traditional Chinese medicine might offer a first alternative to the current first-line medicine to treat Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

A flight attendant's working life was once a simple round of pointing out the emergency exits and serving food and drinks to passengers. But now, faced with the threat of global terrorism, a Chinese airline is looking for 70 young ladies who can pack a punch as well as hand out bags of peanuts.

An ancient traditional Chinese medicine “wandering free” formula which is at least 700 years old has been proven scientifically to be effective in treating depression. The results of the study will be published in August.

Kami-shoyo-san (加味逍遙散, Jia Wei Xiao Yao San), a traditional Chinese medicine, has been used to treat patients with neuropsychiatric disorders. The Chinese term “xiao yao” means wandering free, which implies its anti-depressive effects.

Traditional medicine used to treat athletic injuries may cause athletes to fail Olympic drug tests.

The UBC Centre for Reproductive Health, which takes credit for Canada’s first in vitro–fertilization baby, born in 1983, is collaborating with Acubalance Wellness Centre–which focuses exclusively on the role of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in reproductive health–for an integrated approach to infertility.

Injection of a traditional Chinese medicine herbal extract into a widely used acupuncture point may have an anti-inflammatory and immune-regulatory effect on bronchial allergic asthma, according to a new South Korean study.

Tai Chi, an ancient form of low-impact mind-body Chinese exercise, has been proved to be effective in reducing tension headaches and improving perceptions of physical and mental health, a UCLA study finds.

This is not a critique necessarily on Chinese culture. It is, however, a warning that the global economy–and its attendant culture–does threaten any country’s native culture. China is not exempted from this either.