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For years, Chinese offi-
cials were reluctant to
accept the rapid rise in
AIDS in the country.
However, Deputy Health
Minister Yin Dakui was
forced to publicly admit
that there was a serious
AIDS problem in the
country at a press con-
ference in August, 2001.
In his announcement,
Yin stated that there
had been a 67 percent
rise in the number of
cases in one year, and
that the sale of blood
had played an important
part in this. According
to a statement by UN-
AIDS, the number of
AIDS sufferers in China
will reach 20 million by
2010.

to them. However, the repeated use of the same syringe leads not only
to the spread of AIDS, but also to many other contagious diseases.

CHINA IS NOT ABANDONING COMMUNISM
Mao's successor, Deng Xiaoping, resorted to several economic re-
forms in an attempt to stabilize the economy. These, including the
adaptation of some free market principles to communism, partly rein-
vigorated the Chinese economy. Today, as a result of those reforms,
Western companies are able to invest in China and private companies

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