HIV/AIDS IN CHINA

In a speech delivered on October14th, 2002 at China's prominent Zhejiang University, the newly-honored Zhejiang University honorary doctor UN Secretary General Kofi Annan used nearly half of his oral power to talk about aids and aids in china. He warned that China "stands on the brink of an explosive AIDS epidemic" and must act immediately to halt the potential catastrophe. "There is no time to lose if China is to prevent a massive further spread …

…the brink of an explosive AIDS epidemic". But the particular situation in this country makes the prevention of such explosion all the more difficult. To again quote from Anna, "Silence is death"; in face of such potential danger, we Chinese people must be wise and try not to be silent any more and start really treating the issue seriously so that we can make the best out of a situation that is already bad enough.