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The Chinese government has suspended the social media accounts of major e-health provider DXY, one of few reliable sources for health information in China, James Palmer reported for Foreign Policy. Photo Insert: Tencent is a minor stakeholder in health care unicorn DXY. Palmer said the company seemingly faces government action for questioning Beijing’s promotion of traditional Chinese medicine—a dangerous pseudoscience as practiced in the mainland—to fight COVID-19. Industry experts have plagiarized or falsified research papers and medicines promoted as herbal often contain unlabeled quantities of conventional drugs, such as steroids. Government backing for traditional Chinese medicine, promoted as an alternative...
