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Li Meets AIDS Activists as HIV Rates Rise

China’s Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that HIV rates have risen through the first ten months of the year, according to Xinhua News: From January to October, 16,131 new cases of HIV...

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China’s Counterfeit Condoms

China Daily reported yesterday on a counterfeit condom factory busted in the southeastern province of Fujian, and two other underground factories uncovered by the police investigation : An underground...

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Censorship Vault: Henan AIDS Villages

The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders.  Henan Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department: No media may report on the Henan AIDS villages. (June 29,...

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Li Keqiang’s AIDS Advocacy Met With Skepticism

In a letter to Beijing You’an Hospital on World AIDS Day, Premier Li Keqiang “stressed the need for scientific treatment and caring hearts in the fight against HIV/AIDS.”  Xinhua reports: He also...

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Sex Workers’ Rights Activist Barred From Leaving China

After an unsuccessful attempt to get an Australian visa to attend the 20th International Aids Conference in Melbourne next weekend, AIDS and sex workers’ rights activist Ye Haiyan says that she’s been...

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AIDS Activist Prevented from Attending U.N. Conference

An AIDS researcher, Wang Qiuyan, was prevented from attending a women’s rights conference put on by the United Nations, when authorities forcibly registered her at a hospital. Jess Macy Yu reports for...

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Sichuan Village Votes to Expel HIV-positive Boy

At the Telegraph, Robert Foyle Hunwick reports that a village in Sichuan Province has unanimously signed a petition to expel an 8-year-old boy after he was diagnosed HIV-positive: In a case that has...

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Police Scrutiny Stifles Condom Use by Sex Workers

A new study from Asia Catalyst shows that law enforcement policies sometimes viewing condoms as evidence of prostitution are discouraging their use among sex workers, and negatively impacting HIV...

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Minitrue: Do Not Repost News on Zhejiang HIV Infections

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source....

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Minitrue 2017: February—Smog, AI, HIV

This series is a month-by-month recap of censorship instructions issued to the media by government authorities in 2017, and then leaked and distributed online. The names of issuing bodies have been...

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Minitrue: Delete Li Keqiang’s AIDS Prevention Comments

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. All...

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Shanghai’s Blood Plasma Scare, Beijing’s Legitimacy

Last week, news broke that HIV antibodies had been detected in 12,229 bottles of a blood plasma-derived medical product sold by a Shanghai-based pharmaceutical company. The New York Times’ Amy Qin...

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Translation: LGBTQ Site’s WeChat Account Shuttered After Report on Homophobic...

A Chinese queer media platform had its WeChat account shut down after it reported on the closure of an LGBTQ-friendly hostel in Wuhan, China. GS, short for GaySpot (乐点 Lè Diǎn), became the latest...

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Minitrue: Beware of “Overly Effusive Comments” on Late Premier Li Keqiang

The following censorship instructions, issued by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. (Compilation)...

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Tributes to Pioneering Public Health Advocate and AIDS Whistleblower Dr. Gao...

Retired gynecologist and public health advocate Dr. Gao Yaojie (高耀洁, Gāo Yàojié), who exposed the role of government-approved blood-selling schemes in fueling China’s rural AIDS epidemic, died of...

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