China: 20,000,000 million HIV cases by 2010

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Martin - 29 Jul 2007 18:52 GMT

I don't usually quote from Blogs, however this item amused me.

<http://www.blog.china-guide.de/en/index.php?entry=entry070729-071458>:

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China - humans infected 650,000 humans with HIV/AIDS, up to 2010 more
than 20 million

The province Hunan in central China leads according to statement of
the Chinese press agency Xinhua of the Friday, which legally
prescribed AIDS test for workers in, who are active in the range
spare time and recovery, in order to prevent the one increase of HIV
illnesses by Sex. China threaten up to 20 million HIV/AIDS got sick up
to the year 2010.

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The English is very poor, however it seems to suggest that during the
next three years the number of HIV cases in China will jump from
650,000 to 20,000,000.

Presumably China is following the rest of the world with this 'aim
high' approach to estimating the number of HIV cases.

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#1 Fan - 09 Aug 2007 18:31 GMT

Martin wrote..., On 07/29/2007 10:52:

> I don't usually quote from Blogs, however this item amused me.
>
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> Presumably China is following the rest of the world with this 'aim
> high' approach to estimating the number of HIV cases.

China suppresses the truth, so if it admits to 20 million cases then the
real figure is far higher. The current figure of 650,000 is impossibly
low, so what they are rectifying the figure slightly to avoid being
accused of lying. They still are lying, just slightly less than before
and that is considered progress.

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rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to 57 million, so as to
allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfilled. In any case,
62 million was no nearer the truth than 57 million, or than 145 million.
Very likely no boots had been produced at all. Likelier still, nobody knew
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