★Medicine could be obtained in the chemist’s in the hospital and in drugstores. There are nearly several drugstores along every street in china. As medicine is charged too high in the hospital, after all the drug industry is one of the most profitable industries.

★Medicinal granules generally belong to Chinese medicine which refers to medicine made of herbal material. Its side effect is slight. However, Chinese medicine is very like emotional medicine due to lack of concrete data and support of theories. Therefore, a variety of people don’t believe in its effect. However, many diseases even including SARS and HINI could be cured with Chinese medicine.

★There is no law forbidding abortion in china. Actually the government would compel abortion if a pregnancy violates the family planning policy. Ads on abortion operation are also everywhere. The abortion operation could be conducted in hospitals and small clinics. It is unimaginable to many foreigners upon their arrival in china.