From New Straits Times : IN the 1980s, when I was a Beijing-based correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, I had occasion to interview an official in Shanghai. How much of China’s trade, I asked, was through Shanghai? The official responded: “I don’t think that figure has appeared in the newspapers.” That official was keeping […]
Read MoreFrom People’s Daily: Gays, long neglected in China out of moral concern, are a group that exists and is of major concern to fight against HIV/AIDS, said Chinese Vice Health Minister Wang Longde Wednesday. At the Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, Beijing Plus Ten meeting commemorating the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on […]
Read MoreFrom the BBC: China is planning to increase its focus on women in the fight against HIV/Aids, due to a sharp rise in the rate of female infection, state media has said. In the 1990s the male to female ratio of HIV/Aids infection was 5:1, but the figure is now closer to 2:1. In some […]
Read MoreFrom The China Daily: Prostitutes are being made the focus of the Ministry of Health’s latest efforts to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS. According to a draft guideline released by the ministry on Monday, prostitutes are to be offered HIV/AIDS and safe-sex education, as well as tests and treatments for sexually transmited diseases. According to […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: The US-based Clinton Foundation will help Yunnan Province in its battle against HIV/AIDS during the next three years. The foundation will focus its resources on anti-retroviral drug treatment and upgrading an AIDS laboratory. Representatives of the Clinton Foundation and Yunnan health department officials discussed details of cooperation in AIDS prevention and treatment […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: China has arrested 15 people for involvement in illegal blood-selling schemes blamed for widespread HIV/AIDS infections in the 1990s, the China Daily said on Thursday. The arrests were linked to 106 cases of unsafe blood collection, illegal organization of people to sell plasma and “serious malpractice” in blood market supervision, the newspaper quoted […]
Read MoreFrom RFA: Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are preparing a prison facility in at least one location for AIDS patients who cause trouble by complaining about their treatment at the hands of local officials, a recent report by RFA’s Mandarin service has revealed… Sources said HIV/AIDS patients who had been to Beijing […]
Read MoreAt the conference “China: European and American Democracies Face the Challenge,” held on February 24 – 25, 2005, in Prague, Czech Republic (organized by the Czech Civic Center and the Project for New American Century), this author argues that “China’s economic growth has not been translated into meaningful protection of each and every Chinese citizens’ […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua – English: When compulsory HIV/AIDS and venereal disease testing became a must for all public entertainment employees in Henan Province four days ago, officials were not banking on the public debate which followed. Last Sunday, Henan authorities announced that anyone who wanted to work in the public entertainment and service industry such as […]
Read MoreOn Project Syndicate, Cynthia Li wrote: “There is no quick-fix solution to ending China’s AIDS crisis. Officials there must focus not only on developing a pragmatic, realistic healthcare infrastructure in rural areas, but also on bringing about greater openness in China’s media in order to spread life-saving public information. Like all epidemics, HIV/AIDS in China […]
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