Posted on 02/23/2005 10:41:04 AM PST by NativeNewYorker
BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Former US president Bill Clinton arrived in Beijing Wednesday night after his tour of Asia's tsunami-hit regions and signed a cooperation agreement on AIDS treatment with China's Health Ministry.
The former president, who has been very involved with HIV/AIDS prevention and control since his presidency, promised to donate AIDS medicine for Chinese children living with the deadly disease.
"What impressed me most is how quickly and how much you've done in preventing HIV/AIDS," Clinton told China's executive vice health minister Gao Qiang after the signing ceremony.
The Chinese government estimates that the country has 840,000 HIV carriers, among whom nearly 80,000 have full blown AIDS.
In April 2004, the Clinton Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Health Ministry, promising to provide technical assistance in AIDS care and treatment to China.
Clinton said he was encouraged by the smooth cooperation between the Clinton Foundation and China on preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS epidemic. He said his foundation will continue to provide necessary support to China.
Gao said the Chinese government remains firm in fighting the disease and will continue to strengthen its policies and measures for HIV/AIDS prevention and control, including free treatment for AIDS patients with financial difficulties.
Gao told Clinton that the current difficulties in China's fight against the disease lay in the country's weak HIV/AIDS monitoring network, lack of new medication and shortage of experienced doctors.
"We hope we can improve technical and information exchange with the Clinton Foundation and other international organizations to solve these problems," he said.
Did he bring Monica along to instruct the Chinese in correct condom placement?
This is a joke right?
"Ya'all watch what I do, and do the opoposite, heh heh"
Slick willie working towards a Nobel Prize and you can bet he is going to get that award.
The former President will give a personal demonstration of Condom Etiquette to invited guests in the Panda Room after 11:00 PM.
I suppose I should have put [NOT humor] in the subject line, but it IS humorOUS...
Absolutely!
NBC Nightly News aired a piece yesterday showing how X42 and Bush41 are seemingly best friends these days.
I wanted to vomit.
Mandatory abortions probably cut the infant AIDS/HIV rate in half right off the bat.
Who knows more about STDs than x42?
He's probably spreading more than he's preventing
They were always pals. Back in the pre-1994 days, we all used to speculate on their CIA connections.
Wouldn't surprise me to learn that he help spread the disease.
Silly bubba...still trying to assist the Chinese with their missile guidance technology....
Didn't Anan just hire bubba for some do nothing but get publicity job.
I'm under the impression that the ChiComs isolate those identified as having AIDS as well as the HIV carriers.
Wonder if the bent one would endorse this approach for adoption by other countries?
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