Chinas_HIV_Crisis

Chinas HIV Crisis Chinas HIV Crisis The Article China’s HIV Crisis (Bates Gill, Jennifer Chang, and Sarah Palmer (2002) “China’s HIV Crisis” Foreign Affairs 81(2): (March/April 2002)) proved to be an eye opener on many issues that were not really focused on in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. It discussed in great details the instability in Chinese health care, the causes of such a huge epidemic in the nation, and the proposed solutions for the struggling nation. China is a country that until recently was under strict rule and little freedoms were allowed to its people. Then with the embrace of gaige kaifang (reform and opening) many new “freedoms” have been opened up to the people. There is a rise in wealth and living standards, but also an increase in political unrest and crime. (Bates 96). One of the most challenging problems that have risen in China is the sky rocking rates of HIV infections within the nation’s population and their inability to control its causes and effects. Many factors are contributing to the problem. Political change in China has made it easier for people to move away from their original homes to cities in the hopes of making more money. Usually china, people, nation, disease, blood, bates, virus, taken, risk, high, country, citizens, chinese, battle, years, without, while, ways, until, underground, unable, spreading, situation, selling, same, prostitutes, potential, population, political, one, number, move, million, looks, living