That's right. It's now official. The ban on foreigners with HIV/AIDS from entering the country has now been lifted just in time for the Shanghai Expo, and the move has already been applauded by UNAIDS and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon. Maybe we'll get to see Robert Dessaix for next year's Shanghai International Literary Festival? more ›

Happy World AIDS Day! China's golden boy and long-time Houston Rockets player Yao Ming has agreed to join the United Nation's push to address discrimination among Chinese people towards those infected with HIV. The new awareness campaign follows the release of the first UNAIDS HIV/AIDS report in China last month, the results of which demonstrated the significant stigma surrounding HIV and AIDS in China's medical field as well as the general population. more ›

The World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations HIV/AIDS campaign, or UNAIDS for short (good acronym, right?), was formally released yesterday for the first time in China. Though the report only shows cases reported by medical facilities and could thus be far higher, the dissemination is a major step in understanding and fighting AIDS in the country. more ›