China to conduct first nationwide survey on AIDS epidemic
AFP 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...
View ArticleLetting light into an Aids ‘black hole’
A 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...
View ArticleReuters: China arrests 15 in AIDS blood donor scandal
From 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...
View ArticleThe Story Behind The News – Zhao Shilong
EastSouthWestNorth has translated a portion of Investigation China: The Story Behind The News by Zhao Shilong: The following is a translation of a section from the book titled Investigation China: The...
View ArticleCensor sees through writer’s guile in tale of China’s blood-selling scandal –...
From the Guardian: Millions of pints of blood are pumped through underground pipelines from a big developing country to wealthy consumers in the United States and elsewhere. The blood trade has...
View ArticleBlood slaves in Guangdong – Chen Peijin
Shanghaiist reports on a recent expose in the Chinese media of illegal blood-selling in Guangdong Province: When you’ve got nothing left to sell, sell your blood. That’s how many people in China, most...
View ArticleObstacles in Way of Blood System – Keralanext.com
From Keralanext.com: Despite recent progress, obstacles like uneven development, illegal blood sales and safety concerns still persist in the blood-donation system, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said...
View ArticleVideo: China’s Blood Sellers – Current.com
Angela Sun, a Current journalist, went to Hebei to investigate blood selling among the villagers which has caused HIV/AIDS to spread in that area. [Original video here] © Sophia Cao for China Digital...
View ArticleThe Premier’s Visit to China’s Most Infamous AIDS Village – Black and White Cat
Black and White Cat has posted the official Xinhua report about Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to an AIDS village in Henan Province, together with a post from activist Hu Jia about what really goes on...
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Farmers Selling Blood to Make Ends Meet
In Hubei’s Yunxian County, some come to sell their blood plasma — 600 cc for 168 yuan — to make ends meet. From China Youth Daily [CN], excerpted and translated by CDT: The white boat with 35...
View ArticleEx-official Urges Probe of China ’90s HIV Epidemic
A former health official in China has openly called for an investigation of the blood-selling scandal in the 1990s in which thousands of people were infected with HIV. From the Washington Post: His...
View ArticleProgress and Shortcomings in China's Fight Against AIDS
Today marks the 23rd World AIDS Day, and a special page from the China Daily website provides a synopsis of the battle against AIDS in the mainland, lauding the progress that has been made. The page...
View ArticleAIDS Patients Topple Government Gate
As the AIDS mortality rate in China has dropped, other reports found people with AIDS in China were denied hospital care. The Associated Press reports about 300 patients and their relatives toppled the...
View ArticleWang Shuping: Inconvenient Truth of AIDS in China
In the early 1990s, thousands of impoverished rural residents in Henan Province gave blood at local clinics which offered compensation for their blood plasma. Their blood was drawn and mixed together...
View ArticleLi Keqiang Calls for Equal Treatment for AIDS Patients
When a 25-year-old lung cancer patient was refused treatment at a hospital in Tianjin because he is also HIV-positive, he forged his medical records in order to get treated at another hospital. He is...
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