摘要
Once an unspoken epidemic across China,AIDS is now the focus of a government-led fight to stop its spread When Premier Wen Jiabao visit- ed the AIDS ward at Ditan Hospital of Beijing and shook hands with three AIDS patients on December 1,World AIDS Day,2003,it was the first time that a Chinese premier had met with AIDS patients on a public occasion.The unprece- dented move was seen by the world as a symbolic display of government commit- ment to fighting the disease.
