In recent years, the AIDS epidemic has spread across China... as quoted from the BBC News report in 2009:

"... A report by the country's state media said HIV/Aids had led to the deaths of almost 7,000 people in the first nine months of 2008.

The number of deaths caused by tuberculosis and rabies fell back into second and third place.

The numbers are increasing dramatically - China's Ministry of Health say that until three years ago, fewer than 8,000 people altogether had died from HIV/Aids.

By last year, the total had risen to five times that many.

Data on HIV in China are still unreliable. Official reporting of cases does seem to have improved.

The central authorities seem more willing to recognise HIV as a public health crisis and address it with education campaigns.

But there are still concerns that officials at local and provincial level are under-reporting, either by mistake or because they think it's not in their interest to show rises... "

and the figures from the Chinese Aids website, does show a similar trend of widespread infection...

and while activists continue to fight against the government to bring the truth to light... there is a new growing problem in China.

Recently, a highly contagious AIDS-like disease is spreading in different areas in China, with these patients turning up negative for the HIV tests. I had mentioned before in my review of "House of Numbers" about the flaws and limitations of the HIV tests... however, what is disturbing is the clinical observations of this new disease..

From the Epoch times:

"... the disease seems to be highly contagious and can spread by contact via any bodily fluid-through kissing, shared utensils, sweat, and even protected sex... "

this is very much different from HIV infections which primarily occurs from contact with blood or sexual secretions... and much more contagious and deadlier like that of SARS or even Ebola... if so.. it does seem like a epidemic waiting to happen =/