This article also appears in ChinaFile, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. Chinese people translate “New Yorker” into “New York Ke” to designate people living in New York City, including Chinese immigrants. But in Chinese, “ke” means “visitor” or “guest.” It has been a sad word in Chinese literature and poems for thousands of years, [...]
This article also appears on The Atlantic, a Tea Leaf Nation partner site. In late October and early November, a 25-year-old man sought treatment for lung cancer at two hospitals in Beijing and the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin. After a blood test, he was found to be HIV positive. Doctors at both hospitals refused [...]
Microblogger Lian Peng (@连鹏)has shared his outrage at the news that some provincial governments in China–and perhaps, eventually, the central government–are considering a controversial measure requiring all those getting an HIV test to register with their real names. Writing on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, he makes an interesting comparison with a long-unheeded citizen call that [...]
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