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2005 Yu Chen: Ten Years Since AIDS Was First Discovered in Henan

Posted on 11/20/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

For more on HIV in China and the work of Dr. Wang Shuping see: Articles by or about Dr. Wang Shuping and tributes written after her death in 2019： Ten Years Since AIDS Was First Discovered in Henan: Blood Stations … Continue reading →

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2000：Revealing the “Blood Wound” of the Spread of HIV AIDS in Henan Province— Written on the eve of the first AIDS Day of the New Millennium

Posted on 11/20/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Dr. Wang Shuping and Dr. Gao Yaojie both endorsed this report about the greed, corruption and negligence that lay behind the spread of HIV in Henan Province during the 1990s. I put it on the website of the Environment, Science … Continue reading →

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2013: Dr. Wang Shuping on “What Happened to People who Spoke Out About HIV/AIDS in China”

Posted on 11/17/2025 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

My old friend Dr. Wang Shuping shared this article with me in 2013. With December 1st AIDS Day coming up again, I now share it here. For more background on China’s AIDS problems and it cover-up during the 1990s and … Continue reading →

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2024: Chinese CDC Study on Rising HIV Infections Among Over-50s

Posted on 04/25/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Increasing number of older people with AIDS: Lonely Old Age, Sex and Pain That They Can’t Put Into Words 老年艾滋病患者数量增加：孤独的晚年，无法言说的性与痛 February 1, 2024 Bad.news Snapshot *This article is an original content published by “Sanlian Life Weekly” 三聯生活周刊 . According to statistics … Continue reading →

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耄耋老人高耀洁 Dr. Gao Yaojie’s 12 Years in US Exile

Posted on 12/22/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Dr. Gao Yaojie’s sister Gao Mingfeng’s account of Gao Yaojie’s 12 years in exile in the USA. Written to respond to some misinformed articles on Chinese social media apparently aimed at discrediting Dr. Gao. Continue reading →

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2002: Wired China: Many Hands on Many Switches

Posted on 08/22/2021 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Back in 2002, a half-year after my return from five years working in the science section of US Embassy Beijing, I wrote to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China to share with them my views on the Internet and the control … Continue reading →

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Plagues Then and Now: That Song Dynasty Plague Sounds Familiar!

Posted on 08/17/2020 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Does History Repeat itself? Maybe we can learn from past epidemics. Or maybe we can’t depending on how foolish we are. Thinking in broad terms — in the old days people thought demons played a big part in plague, today … Continue reading →

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Frances Cowhig on Wang Shuping’s September 2019 trip to London: THREE DAYS OF SUN

Posted on 09/29/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Frances Cowhig, author of the play “The King of Hell’s Palace” inspired by the life of a Chinese public health hero Salt Lake City’s Sunshine Christensen aka Shuping Wang, and Wang Shuping (王淑平), wrote this tribute to her friend. Frances … Continue reading →

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中国留学生眼中的王淑平葬礼

Posted on 09/29/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

A Chinese student writes about Shuping 记一次葬礼9/28/19 这个故事从一个葬礼开始。一个葬礼不是一个人的故事的结束吗！这怎么是一个故事的开始？没事，这不是小说。这是我写的故事，而我还没去世。 这是一个乌云密布的星期六。我经历过很多的乌云密布的星期六，可是今天却是格外的乌云密布。下午，我参加了一位对世界有很大的贡献的人的葬礼。这位英雄因为给一些很没社会地位的人撑腰而失去工作和受到了不公正的对待。可是，因为她的贡献，成千上万的人被她给救。没有她，这些无辜的人都会被恐怖的艾滋病传染。 我第一次知道这位英雄是前几天前，是我在刷微信的时候关注的。我看到了一个没有那么显眼的文章。我实在没有事干，所以我就把它点开了。读完这件文章，我才认识了这位英雄。 原来，这件事在发生在1991年。这位英雄那时在河南的一个血站里工作。她发现在这些血站里，很多的针头都是多次使用的，而且很多的血液都是被HIV/AIDS病毒感染的。她把这些报告给她的上级，可是他们却置之不理。所以，她直接把这些报告给了卫生部。因为这件事，她拯救了上万人的生命，却丢了自己的工作和婚姻。 她移民到了美国。她有了一个新的家庭，找了新的工作，也重新开始了自己的生活。可是，前几天，她跟自己的朋友和老公爬山的时候，因为心脏病发作猝死而很早的离世了。 虽然这位英雄仅仅在59岁去世了，可是她没有被忘掉。她的子女，老公还有朋友会因为她的勇敢而自豪。她的生命被演成了一个戏剧，让所有人都认识她的故事。媒体让很多人也认识了她的面目。 我们会记住您的，王淑平阿姨!

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Dr Gao Yaojie: In Memory of Wang Shuping 高耀洁：纪念王淑平

Posted on 09/28/2019 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

Dr. Gao Yaojie yesterday sent me her essay in memory of Chinese Wang Shuping (also known as the American Shuping Wang and Sunshine Christensen of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA) and asked me to share it widely. Dr. Gao Yaojie, … Continue reading →

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