TY - JOUR T1 - Editor’s Briefing JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 267 LP - 267 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X679909 VL - 64 IS - 623 AU - Roger Jones Y1 - 2014/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/623/267.abstract N2 - This month’s Journal includes a remarkable series of articles dealing with aspects of primary care in many countries of the world. In an illuminating editorial Mathers and Huang explore the complex issues involved in developing a primary care service in China — a task of enormous complexity and challenge, given the dizzying demographics of that huge country. In another article on primary care in Asia, Chan and colleagues make a strong case for mandatory vocational training as the basis for effective primary care systems, which at present do not exist in some of Asia’s most developed economies. There are also contributions about general practice in Palestine, the work of the RCGP Junior International Committee, and an article … ER -