Foreword / by Manoranjan Mohanty -- Prologue: A modern Silk Road in health / by Lincoln C. Chen -- The changing landscape of the commercialisation of medical care in China: an overview -- The commercialisation of public hospitals: institutional and financial reforms -- The changing landscape of private medical care and the rise of the medical-industrial complex -- Public-private partnerships in medical care -- The continuum of commercialisation of medical care in China: whither equity?