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No country in the world has as big a cigarette industry as China. This is the story of how a giant state-backed monopoly created the industry, which provides more tax revenue than any other, and ultimately sabotaged the country's anti-smoking efforts in the process.
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Posted by Kate Zhao | Jul 18, 2007 China’s fight against AIDS has made progress but suffers from public stigma and a lack of transparency among local governments, a top United Nations health official said in Beijing. Peter Piot, director of the UNAIDS agency, spoke at a July 17 ceremony where he presented an award to Beijing’s vice minister of health, Dr. Wang Longde, for spearheading a government response to AIDS. He also honored Professor Zhang Beichuan of Qingdao University for his work in raising HIV awareness among homosexual men. Earlier, Piot had visited Henan Province, an area ...