There's good and bad news regarding HIV in China. The good news is that infection rates are not as high as in many other countries. read more
Although China has one of the lowest HIV infection rates, the feeling-good scenario might be gone in years. Thanks to the lack of sex education and many other reasons(just like other countries), HIV has predisposed gay people to the most vulnerable & susceptible place other than the rest. read more
Much of the current spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in China has been through intravenous drug use and prostitution. In China, the number of people affected by HIV has been estimated at between 430,000 and 1.5 million; somewhere below or around 0.1% of the population. read more
Simply put, China felt that HIV was someone else's problem. The official government stance on HIV was that the risk to China was very limited. HIV was thought to be a predominantly homosexual disease and the government felt that in China, homosexuality and"abnormal sex" was a limited problem. read more