A new book containing reproductions of 127 printed European maps of Ming and Qing China from 1584 to 1735 reveals how they helped paint a reasonably accurate picture of the Middle Kingdom for the first time.
Tingting Geng and colleagues investigate whether lifestyle behaviours could affect microvascular complications among patients with type 2 diabetes in the UK Biobank.
Xinge Zhang and colleagues estimate remaining lifetime risk of diabetes and life years spent with diabetes in Chinese people with normoglycaemia and prediabetes.