Hi Tricia!: Jan 30, 2006

5. So How Do I get AIDS?

5. So How Do I get AIDS?
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Gongrentiyuchang beilu; beijing, china

"Behaviours which do not spread AIDS in everyday life: shaking hands with AIDS patients, kiss formally, use the same telephone and swimming pool, take the same bus, have dinner together and so on"

SO how does one get HIV/AIDS? unprotected SEX!! why aren't they writing this down?

2. AIDS Awareness Subway Ads

2. AIDS Awareness Subway Ads
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1 line, Tiannamen West; beijing, china

8. The Best HIV/AIDS ad Hidden by Budweiser Cans

8. The Best HIV/AIDS ad Hidden by Budweiser Cans
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Gongrentiyuchang beilu; beijing, china

"The Way of AIDS Transmission: blood transmission sex transmission mother-baby transmission"

Finally an ad that is more specific about how one gets it. However this ad was hidden behing a Budweiser X-mas Beer Can Castle. I had to climb behind the caste to get this shot.

7. "Perhaps" you can Get AIDS?

7. "Perhaps" you can Get AIDS?
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Gongrentiyuchang beilu; beijing, china

"There is only dangerous behaviour, no dangerous people. Perhaps HIV can be infected by once unprotected sexual behaviour."

Other than the horrible translation - It's really sad that they say "perhaps" - that you can get it through unprotected sex. The translation of "perhaps" is "Ke Neng" and "ke neng" is too light of a word. They need to translate it into something more serious - with more weight - like "there is very high chance you will get it!"

3. Give Blood - think twice hmmm

3. Give Blood - think twice hmmm
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

1 line, Tiannamen West; beijing, china

so the donation van carries on your love if you want to give blood - unfortunately this was next to the AIDs info ad - and they forget that the first big AIDS cases were in poor villages in Henan where peasants sold their blood for money. Now entire villages have died from AIDS - and for the longest time the government ignored the problem.

4. So How Do I protect myself from AIDS?

4. So How Do I protect myself from AIDS?
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Gongrentiyuchang beilu; beijing, china

"Protect Ourselves, Treasure our Lives
Concern About Others, Prevent AIDS"

It would be great if this ad could explain how does one "PREVENT AIDS?" How about teaching people how the disease spreads? Wearing condoms? Teach people that it's not a "homosexual" problem?

6. So How Do I Give my Love to AIDS Patients?

6. So How Do I Give my Love to AIDS Patients?
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

Gongrentiyuchang beilu; beijing, china

"give your love, concern and help to the AIDS patients without discriminating."

So how can I give love? Tell me - what website or place can I go to? None of these ads are helpful in terms of telling us how we can prevent the spread or discrimination!

1. AIDS Awareness Subway Ads

1. AIDS Awareness Subway Ads
Originally uploaded by triciawang.

1 line, Tiannamen West; beijing, china

Skull and Crossbones

Skull and Crossbones:
When discussing the current state of intellectual property woes in China, you don’t hear a whole lot of moaning from the Chinese about how the Europeans stole the secret to porcelain manufacturing as a rationale for why China blithely copies DVDs, Armani suits, and top-of-the-line semiconductor chips. In fact, you are more likely to hear the current manufacturers of Chinese Jingdezhen porcelain complaining about other Chinese who are ripping off their designs, domestically. Still, contemporary observers of the Chinese economy would do well to recall the troubled history of Chinese relations with the West. For as long as it was able, the West took what it wanted from China. If China resisted, the West brought in the artillery.
The bigger problem however, is not about how unfair western demands on IP piracy reforms might seem but rather the effect of piracy on the Chinese domestic movie, music, fashion and software industry. A young, creative artist in China has almost no chance of success because as soon as his work becomes popular it’s pirated. This then is perhaps one of the best reasons why China should crackdown on piracy. I’d bet that…back in the day when Europeans were “stealing” Chinese porcelain secrets they sure as hell weren’t stealing each others secrets with as equal aggressiveness.
A twisted tale of Chinese porcelain