James Kynge

And apparently there are more than a thousand of these all over China at the moment.

And although you book yourself in voluntarily,

They do lock the gates.

They've got strict rules.

There's constant supervision.

And you're not allowed to leave freely unless you have a good excuse.

So T.L.

Huang was there, I think, for 28 days, I believe.

And...

She had a pretty intensive schedule, 7.30 a.m.

wake-up calls, weigh-ins, and then she had hours of spinning, boxing, and HIIT sessions.

And after she'd been in the weight loss camp for about 14 days, she'd lost about four kilos in total.

That's about nine pounds.

And she paid $1,500 for the privilege of undergoing all of this.

What did you think of it, Alice?

I mean, were you moved by her plight?

Yeah, absolutely.

I've got a prediction on that coming up for a bit later, Alice, but you're so right to focus on these Chinese variants of Zempik, the slimming drugs.

I found a projection that by 2030, the Chinese market for these GLP-1s or these anti-obesity drugs

could reach about 14 billion US dollars in sales annually.