Today is World AIDs Day, and two newspapers in Suzhou dedicate covers to the event. City Business News and Suzhou Daily.
The more commercial of the two, City Business News (which is owned by Suzhou Daily) claims that Suzhou now has 913 AIDs suffers, within these numbers there are 247 people who are HIV positive and 96 have died. The same article stipulates:
The situation of AIDS in our country is quite serious, approximately there are 740,000 suffers, but the number reported has surpassed 370,000, the main method of contamination is sex.
The more serious Suzhou Daily goes with handmade AIDS crosses from Shandong. In other news, Yunnan Information Times (云南信息报) goes with the pun, “Love because it’s AIDS (因为”艾,” 所以爱).”
Links and Sources
- City Business News (Chinese): Suzhou has 913 Aids sufferers, and is increasing each year