Eastern promise: China’s bid to build an island port to rival Dubai


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The hospital had everything you would expect in a state-of-the-art facility, with the latest diagnostic and rehabilitation equipment and fleets of uniformed medical staff. But in one large atrium, patients were sitting at tables engaged in traditional Chinese calligraphy and conducting tea ceremonies. A vast, hangar-like space nearby was lined on one side with hair and cosmetic salons that looked on to a full-scale fashion runway, complete with supersized video screens. This hospital in the Bao Lecheng International Medical Tourism Zone in the southern Chinese province of Hainan treats patients who pay an annual membership fee starting at over RMB90,000...