| r/chinalife | Reddit | Long-term residents on public vs private hospitals, insurance, ER fees (for example 30 RMB ER registration), complaints about waits and ID-locked booking | Reddit Data API (OAuth app, within free-tier rate limits and the Developer Terms); manual reading. Unauthenticated `.rss` and `old.reddit.com` returned 403 or login walls from our servers. |
| r/China | Reddit | Viral experience threads (tailbone X-ray visit, tier-2 surgery for about 8,000 RMB) with skeptical replies | Same as above |
| r/travelchina | Reddit | Tourists asking about dental tourism, emergencies, paperwork | Same as above |
| r/chinatravel | Reddit | Visitor questions; an AMA by a Shenzhen local with a medical background (seen in related-post lists) | Same as above |
| r/goChinaTrip | Reddit | Medical-tourism discussion threads, some in Chinese | Same as above |
| r/ChinaMedicalSupport | Reddit | Hospital guides for foreigners (appears agency-run; treat as commercial) | Same as above |
| r/multiplemyeloma | Reddit | Patients comparing CAR-T access and price across countries, mentions of Chinese products and trials | Same as above |
| r/NoStupidQuestions, r/medicine | Reddit | Occasional "would you go to China for treatment" threads and clinician views | Same as above |
| Archive mirror | Reddit | Timestamped snapshots of public Reddit posts with comments; worked when Reddit blocked direct fetches | Read-only reference for verification; cite the original reddit.com URL as primary. |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA SUPPORT GROUP (public post seen) | Facebook | Patient-family posts on CAR-T trips to China, including a Kunming BCMA CAR-T package priced at USD 65,000 (poster earns referral commission) | Manual review of posts visible without login only. No scraping; Meta's terms prohibit automated collection. Do not join closed groups to harvest content. |
| Foreigners in China (group, public post seen) | Facebook | Visitors asking about dental work prices in China | Manual, public posts only; only the post intro was visible without login |
| Public pages: Myeloma Australia | Facebook | Links to patient stories such as an Australian's CAR-T trip to Shanghai | Meta Page Public Content Access requires app review; otherwise manual |
| China Unpacked | YouTube creators and videos | Walk-in orthopedic hospital visit in Chengdu (about 205,000 views, Apr 2026); Huangshan dental hospital visit (about 86,600 views, May 2026) | YouTube Data API v3 (metadata, titles, descriptions, view counts) under YouTube API Terms; captions only via the API's caption endpoints where the owner allows, or manual viewing |
| Travis Leon | YouTube creators and videos | "I flew all the way to China to visit the Dentist" (Jan 21, 2026, about 632,000 views per channel page); the hospital reuses it in marketing | Same |
| Living in China (Jason) | YouTube creators and videos | Family using Renji Hospital, Shanghai (about 1.45 million views) | Same |
| Soph (TravelWithSoph) | YouTube creators and videos | About $100 full-body checkup in Shenzhen | Same |
| Huangshan dental videos (several creators) | YouTube creators and videos | Dental tourism, often hospital-promoted | Same; flag promotional ties |
| Shanghai government "Patient Stories" | News sites and feeds | Reposted China Daily stories with prices (X-ray 130 yuan at Huadong, knee replacement about 60,000 yuan) | Public page, polite fetch with caching; cite the original outlet |
| Global Times | News sites and feeds | Long features with named foreign patients (CAR-T in Beijing, ER and ambulance costs) | RSS for discovery; open article for facts. State-run media: corroborate prices elsewhere |
| Sixth Tone | News sites and feeds | Features with NHC statistics and patient cases | RSS for discovery |
| Straits Times (Bloomberg syndication) | News sites and feeds | CAR-T pricing and patient stories | RSS index page available; link out, short quotes only |
| Google News query feed | News sites and feeds | Discovery of new coverage | Feed terms limit use to personal feed readers; use it only for internal discovery, then open and cite the original article |
| Myeloma Australia "MyeStory" | News sites and feeds | First-person patient stories (Shanghai CAR-T trip) | Public page; cite and summarize |
| China Myeloma trial directory (CMDN) | News sites and feeds | Snapshot of active myeloma trials in China; notes many trials require Chinese ID or residence | Public page; check its own notes on eligibility |