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China Censors HIV/AIDS Awareness Documentary

Posted by Soulskill on from the learn-it-the-hard-way dept.

eldavojohn writes "Amnesty International is reporting an unusual case of censorship in which Chinese police questioned HIV/AIDS workers in China and instructed them to cancel an airing of a documentary made by Aizhixing Institute of Health Education on the disease. The director of that NGO recently left China after constant police harassment. The canceled documentary was about Tian Xi, a patient who contracted HIV by blood transfusion at age 9."

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  1. good move, USA should also ban hysteria reporting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    China bans hysteria reporting. The use of a few isolated cases to make the public panic and demand very expensive 100% fixes is not good for society. It reminds me of terrorism and the Toyota break problem coverage. You would be more likely hit by lightning than a victim of these problems. Nothing can be 100% perfect so it is false reporting when media does not reveal the statistics and pretends like the isolated cases are epidemic problems.