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Archive for February, 2012
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China, HK, Macau
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HIV/AIDS Ban on Foreigners coming to China lifted

China’s come a long way from the days when it labeled HIV/AIDS as a the foreign devils’ disease.  Though lifting the ban on foreigners with HIV/AIDS is a reason to cheer, the Chinese public still has a very rudimen...
by Damjan Denoble
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China, HK, Macau
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Blood Money: Why Blood Transfusions Are So Dirty in China

During the 1980s, in the United States, Canada, Japan and France thousands of people who underwent blood transfusions were infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. Subsequent national investigations into these scandals revealed that ...
by Bradley Hoath
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China, HK, Macau
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Elderly in China: In need of an Innovator’s Prescription

Ms. Yang stated that recreational care centers primarily accept healthy and independent seniors. She added that the community’s activity centers are a place specifically for the elderly. Having a foldable bed or a couple of ...
by Damjan Denoble
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China, HK, Macau
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Changing Addiction: A brief essay.

The ability to change habits is the human superpower that the birds and lizard brains of the animal kingdom envy. While the power to re-program our brain at will gives us dominion over them, and all other life as we know it, on...
by Damjan Denoble
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India & the ASEAN
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Asian Germs are big newsmakers

Do you remember how scared you were when Swine Flu threatened to wipe humanity off the face of the Earth? Or do you better remember how much the media insisted that you feel scared? The Information is Beautiful Blog sums thin...
by Damjan Denoble
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