Aids Crisis in China
Almost 200 years ago, Napoleon predicted that when China awoke, the world would tremble. Two hundred years later, the fear is that when AIDS awakens in China,China itself will tremble, and with it the whole of humanity.(Unitied Nations, 1998)
Basic Information on China
It's the third largest country in the world
It has the largest population in the world
contains more than 1/5 of the world’s population
Population in 2000 was estimated to be over 1.2 billion
The worlds largest remaining communist organization
Multi-religious country - Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism
Family values emphasize family happiness and marriage for the good of the household
Shared values, shared traditions, shared ways of perceiving, and understanding the world
All forms of media are controlled by the government (I.e. newspapers, t.v., books, internet, ect). ‘Media police’
What is the Crisis?
United Nations predicts that by 2010, 10 million or more people will have HIV or AIDS
HIV/AIDS was first reported in 1985
The HIV prevalence rates ranged from 1% to 80% in the provinces of Yunnan, Xinjiang, Guangxi, and Sichuan
The Chinese Government did not admit to it's AIDS crisis until August 2001 - under pressure from the United Nations
This site was created by Christina Nuttall and Jasmeen Laura
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