concerns before go to China

Beijing: a perfect combination of a modern and ancient city:

Look at Beijing Financial Street

This is night scene from Beijing.  He is young.

However, Beijing is also an old man that is full of stories and legends.

2. Hospital in Beijing

 Beijing has a good number of hospitals that offer the best of facilities and well-qualified doctors. Over the years, many world-class hospitals and medical centers have come up in Beijing, thus contributing greatly to its improving health scenario. Many of the Beijing hospitals have made a name for themselves by offering all treatments under the same roof. Besides, the hospitals in Beijing also attract a good number of medical tourists from the neighboring countries.

Are you worried about the language barrier with the doctor? These kinds of problem can be solved easily in Beijing. There are 29 high-level hospitals having special foreign clinics which have a high reputation among local foreigners. They accept patients with a foreign passport, a student card or the identity certificate of Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan (including: foreign ambassadors to China and their families; foreign specialists in China; foreign employees in China; foreign visitors; foreign students; patients from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). 

This is the picture of  Peking Union Medical College Hospital that has the all day service for the foreigners.

 

For the convenience of patients, all the foreign clinics run 24 hours a day. A Hotline is also available. Patients can call a doctor from home or hotel room easily. According to Chinese law, at any one time, doctors can only give a prescription for three day's medicine for common disease and a week's medicine for a chronic illness.

When you google "international hospitals in BJ", a bunch of will pop up. eg: Peking Union Medical College Hospital,  International SOS First Aid Center

International Medical Center (IMC), AEA International, Hong Kong International Medical Clinic,  Friendship Hospital, to name a few.

3. Temperature 

In Feb, the highest temperature in BJ is 41 F, lowest is 22 F
while, in Richmond, it is 49F ---30 F.  In another word, BJ is 9 F colder in Feb.