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A key strategic focus of BSH is to strengthen the voice of haematology at international levels. This has been a major activity in the last few weeks.  First was a trip to Beijing– Tianjin.  Many of you will have heard of China’s “One Belt, One Road” aspirations, while this is primarily about growing the economy, “Wealth and Health” agendas are invariably intertwined.  I had the pleasure of leading a UK contingent from different disciplines to collaborate with the China Academy of Sciences (CAS) and realise the “One Belt, One Road, One Health” ambition (Professor Rao in photo is Chair of CAS Biology and Medicines Division). Certainly, China has strengths in basic structural science and drug discovery but the clinical tr...