While China has made strides in the fight against AIDS and AIDS patient rights (most recently in a country-wide campaign starring Yao Ming), there is still a lot they could do better - especially, when it comes to their treatment of AIDS NGOs and charities. Joe Amon of the LA Times argues that too many international bodies look at China's handling too uncritically, praising its response on paper while ignoring how it harasses and even jails AIDS activists. more ›

Wan Yanhai (万延海), founder of the Beijing-based Aizhixing Institute and one of the most outspoken HIV/AIDS activists in China has arrived in Philadelphia with his wife and daughter after hiding out in Hong Kong and Guangzhou for two weeks. more ›

Fresh off the press: A video of the secret police who watched over AIDS, environmental and democracy activist Hu Jia (胡嘉) day and night while they were under house arrest from July last year to March this year has just been released (h/t to CDT). more ›

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From Reuters: more ›