Analysis and fact-checks on foreigner experiences with Chinese healthcare — the numbers behind the videos.https://chinavitals.com/enhttps://chinavitals.com/blog/nhs-waiting-list-reversal/https://chinavitals.com/blog/nhs-waiting-list-reversal/August 2026 RTT data: the waiting list rose to 7.37 million cases, year-long waits jumped to 113,000, and the median wait is 12.2 weeks. The shrinkage story has stalled.Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/golden-week-medical-trip-timing/https://chinavitals.com/blog/golden-week-medical-trip-timing/Golden Week moved 888 million domestic trips in 2025; the 2026 edition tracked similar crowds. Why the week after China's holidays is the smart medical-trip window.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/us-employer-health-costs-2027/https://chinavitals.com/blog/us-employer-health-costs-2027/Mercer's survey projects an 8.2% jump in employer health costs per employee in 2027, after 6.7% in 2026. The per-episode view of the same price machine.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/solid-tumour-car-t-price/https://chinavitals.com/blog/solid-tumour-car-t-price/CARsgen's satri-cel, the first approved solid-tumour CAR-T, launched in China at ¥990,000 — a new category low, and a test of what a two-month survival gain should cost.Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/china-wholly-foreign-owned-hospitals/https://chinavitals.com/blog/china-wholly-foreign-owned-hospitals/Since November 2024 China permits wholly foreign-owned hospitals in nine locations. Ownership is opening — but the cheap receipts in the videos come from the public system.Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/uk-visa-free-china-medical-trips/https://chinavitals.com/blog/uk-visa-free-china-medical-trips/Since 17 February 2026 UK passports enter China visa-free for 30 days, while the 240-hour transit rule covers Americans. What that changes for medical trips.Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/nhs-dentistry-numbers-dental-travel/https://chinavitals.com/blog/nhs-dentistry-numbers-dental-travel/Up to 97% of new patients can't get an NHS dentist and oral surgery has the worst waits of any specialty. That is the context behind the dental-travel videos.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/car-t-price-gap/https://chinavitals.com/blog/car-t-price-gap/CAR-T therapies list at roughly a third of US prices in China. What peer-reviewed sources say about the gap, the refund programmes and the caveats behind the headlines.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/nhs-waiting-list-context/https://chinavitals.com/blog/nhs-waiting-list-context/NHS England publishes waiting-list and referral-to-treatment numbers every month. They explain why the China-hospital-vs-NHS video genre exists — and what thumbnails leave out.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/reading-china-healthcare-videos-critically/https://chinavitals.com/blog/reading-china-healthcare-videos-critically/One receipt is not an average. The checklist we apply to every cheap-healthcare-in-China video before trusting its numbers, and how to run it on any video yourself.Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://chinavitals.com/blog/welcome/https://chinavitals.com/blog/welcome/Why we built a curated library of first-hand foreigner hospital visits in China, what gets checked before a video is published, and how every cost figure is sourced.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT