Beijing
The prime minister of China appeared on national television this week holding hands with AIDS patients, making him the first Chinese leader to publicly address the epidemic. At a televised visit to a hospital on World AIDS Day, Wen Jiabao told his countrymen to treat AIDS sufferers with “care and love and helpfulness.” China has long downplayed its AIDS crisis, even after thousands of poor farmers contracted HIV in the early 1990s by selling their blood to clinics that used dirty needles. The U.N. said that without a massive awareness campaign, up to 20 million Chinese could be infected in the next six years.
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
Nepal chooses toddler as its new ‘living goddess’Under the Radar Girls between two and four are typically chosen to live inside the temple as the Kumari – until puberty strikes
-
October 5 editorial cartoonsCartoons Sunday's political cartoons include half-truth hucksters, Capitol lockdown, and more
-
Jaguar Land Rover’s cyber bailoutTalking Point Should the government do more to protect business from the ‘cyber shockwave’?
