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...
View ArticleChina’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...
View ArticleCensorship 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,...
View ArticleLi 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...
View ArticleSex 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...
View ArticleAIDS 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...
View ArticleSichuan 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...
View ArticlePolice 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...
View ArticleMinitrue: 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....
View ArticleMinitrue 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...
View ArticleMinitrue: 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...
View ArticleShanghai’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...
View ArticleTranslation: 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...
View ArticleMinitrue: 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)...
View ArticleTributes 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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