China and the world in data and graphs | 一点浩然气 千里快哉风 https://xitter.cf/t.co/dpCV6ltb6N airmovingdevice@gmail.com

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I do want to point out that I’m in no way against centralized volume-based procurement and generics. In fact, I think they’re fundamentally a great idea for patients, given that their safety and effectiveness are demonstrated with rigorous testing and proper regulatory oversight.
Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China. I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.
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定于一尊, one supreme authority, is finally quantified. I analyzed all People's Daily articles mentioning 讲话 (speech) since 1989, and found when Xi speaks, it's usually important (重要讲话). And he is increasingly the only important voice on the Politburo Standing Committee.
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定于一尊, one supreme authority, is finally quantified. I analyzed all People's Daily articles mentioning 讲话 (speech) since 1989, and found when Xi speaks, it's usually important (重要讲话). And he is increasingly the only important voice on the Politburo Standing Committee.
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I am only counting instances where PSC members made a speech, not when others refer to the speech. For example, there are many instances where others studied Xi's important speeches, and those were not counted. When I do count them, I find essential the same result.
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A note on the colors: each leader’s line is colored only while they hold the top post (General Secretary or Premier). When they’re just another PSC member, the line is gray.
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Younger Chinese are marrying later than previous generations. Here I plotted when different aged cohorts of Chinese first married and saw clear trend of younger generations delaying marriage. Source: Seventh National Population Census, National Bureau of Statistics (2020)
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The same trend holds for both urban (城市) and rural (乡村) areas.
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Update: 最近公布的《全国药品集中采购文件》增加了两项关于生产环节变更的规定:变更时需公开变更内容、未发生变更的企业在同等价位时优先入选。 明显弱于之前征求意见稿中的硬性规定:首个中选周期内不得进行重要生产环节的变更,否则取消中选资格。 大概是多方博弈的结果,baby steps也好吧。
Thread: prevalence of post-approval changes in Chinese generic drugs and jicai 集采 drugs. I analyzed >160k supplemental filings and found widespread post-approval changes in generics and jicai drugs. Importantly, jicai drugs underwent more changes than non-jicai counterparts.
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DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris. Among cancellations w/ election data available, 92.9% & 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% & 92.4% of total dollar amounts.
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DOGE/Musk preferentially cancelled grants and contracts to recipients in counties that voted for Harris. Among cancellations w/ election data available, 92.9% & 86.1% cancelled grants and contracts went to Harris counties, representing 96.6% & 92.4% of total dollar amounts.
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Potential caveat: DOGE doesn't specify how it chose certain contract/grant cancellations to disclose. They claim the ones disclosed represent "~30% of total savings".
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It is therefore possible that they made cancellations unbiasedly across the Trump-Harris political spectrum but preferentially disclosed ones to Biden counties for publicity purposes.
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