From Xinhuanet: “China’s HIV/AIDS epidemic has worsened and is now spreading dangerously into the general population, reported CCTV today, citing Chinese Ministry of Health and the United Nations AIDS office in China as the news source.”
Read MoreFrom the Reuters: “Travellers pour through the railway station of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province in southern China. In the morning rush hour, few pause to glance up at the posters graphically depicting the dangers of drug use and the threat of HIV/AIDS. As Liu Enyun passes them, though, they remind him of official estimates […]
Read MoreA report by a U.N. agency and the Chinese Cabinet’s AIDS commission released shows that the number of people contracting the AIDS virus in China is rising, reported the Washington Post. An estimated 840,000 people have HIV while 84,000 have full-blown AIDS, spread mostly through prostitution and intravenous drug use. President Hu Jintao shown shaking […]
Read MoreIn the Taipei Times, a doctor writes about her experiences visiting China’s AIDS-plagued villages as a volunteer for Medicins sans Frontieres and the challenges facing doctors and patients in China: “This new anti-HIV/AIDS campaign, which the international community has lauded, is more open and proactive than before. But it must still operate in the context […]
Read MoreA team led by Dr. David Ho will distribute an cocktail therapy for HIV/Aids in Henan Province, according to a report in the South China Morning Post (reg required): “Taking a small step on a long journey, a group headed by world-renowned Aids researcher David Ho Dai-i will soon reach out to the infamous Aids […]
Read MoreAFP reported that the Chinese government plans to carry out the first ever nationwide survey on the sale of blood and HIV/Aids: “The Ministry of Health issued an order Wednesday requesting provinces and cities throughout China carry out a comprehensive search to ‘fully grasp’ who sold blood and test them for the HIV virus. ‘Not […]
Read MoreHere is the full text of the UN Secretary-General’s speech at Qing Hua on October 11, 2004. He highlighted issues of poverty, disease, and environmental degradation in his speech. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEECH AT QING HUA UNIVERSITY Beijing, 11 October 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to speak at one of […]
Read MoreFrom UN News Center today: “United Nations cooperation with China and the European Union, as well as peace-building efforts, will be among the topics Secretary-General Kofi Annan is scheduled to address during official visits to China, Ireland and the United Kingdom next week, his spokesman announced today. The Secretary-General will leave this weekend for Beijing, […]
Read MoreFrom UPI (via Washington Times) today: “Four major challenges faced by Chinese president Hu Jintao and premier Wen Jiabao were discussed in the article: getting back pay to internal migrant workers; increasing rural incomes; building a social security net for the unemployed; and efforts in combating HIV/AIDS.”
Read More“China in 2020.” That’s a fascinating topic to speculate. Jonathan Watts started his article in The Guardian today with “By 2020, China will have overtaken Japan as the world’s second biggest economy. It may even have started to rival the US in terms of the hard power of its military. But if it is to […]
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