Published: January 21st, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

China has a cancer problem. According to a new study by the state-run Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of cancer deaths in China has increased by 21.6 percent to almost 2.4 million each year between 2005 and 2020. Cancer has been the most common cause of death in the People’s Republic since 2010.