Alice Han

And certainly I'm sure that there are tons of stories of things not working out as well.

But I think more broadly at a macro level, this is an interesting trend that I could foresee coming up in the five-year plan.

We've already got the Healthy China 2030 initiative that's been launched in order to turn China into an international medical tourism destination.

So I just foresee a lot of top-down initiatives to try to make China a more attractive place for medical tourists.

But the market is expected apparently to grow from $1.2 billion in 2025 to $3.4 billion by 2035.

And last year, Chinese hospitals received 1.3 million foreign tourists, and that was up about 75% from 2022.

Although arguably, that would make sense given 2022 was the end of zero COVID in China.

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Seedance 2.0, a powerful new AI video model from ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, is generating viral clips of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt brawling on a rooftop and Donald Trump battling Kung Fu masters in a bamboo forest.

None of it is real, yet millions are watching it as if it is.

The tool can create hyper-realistic scenes in just minutes, thrilling some and alarming others.

Paramount Pictures and the Walt Disney Company have sent cease-and-desist letters, SAG-AFTRA is pushing back, and critics warn it could turbocharge deepfakes and just completely upend Hollywood.

Meanwhile, China's rapid AI push is fueling what some are calling a new tech space race with Washington.

James, did you watch the video of Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise doing Kung Fu?

100% agree.

I think that it's deeply concerning for these traditional content creators, the cinema studios, the streaming platforms, because their copyright and IP are being violated illegally.

Now, whether or not they can crack down is something that I'm not so sure of.

I think that you would really need the pressure of the U.S.

government to weigh in on this debate.