From The Economist:
Tens of thousands of lives devastated. Not a single official held to account
Walking through the village of Shuangmiao, Henan province, Zhu Longwei points out the houses of families unaffected by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. They are few and very conspicuous: imposing grey-walled structures towering over clusters of old dilapidated homes. Mr Zhu, whose wife has HIV, is uneasy about escorting a journalist in broad daylight. For years, Shuangmiao has been off limits to the press. Officials”whose negligence and greed created Shuangmiao’s HIV nightmare”routinely detain and expel any reporters they find.[Full Text]
