In China, measures to tackle HIV/AIDS had always been decided by government leaders- with little regard for input from civil society. But recently China's fight against the disease has taken what experts are calling a historic turn. BON's Kelda Yuen has more on the country's new forum that will- for the first time- provide activists and people living with HIV/AIDS to be heard by the country's top policy makers.

Drawing the line
Gambling crackdown
Tibetan's tumor removed
Born in the USA
AIDS awareness
Attitudes to HIV/AIDS
Cutting edge art

According to the United Nations, 51 countries, territories and areas currently impose some form of travel restriction on people living with HIV/AIDS. Recently, China announced its lifting of its entry ban on foreign carriers of the virus.

David Moser invites two founders of Tsinghua University's Institute for Health Communication to discuss the realities and taboos of the HIV/AIDS in China.

David Moser invites two founders of Tsinghua University's Institute for Health Communication to discuss the realities and taboos of the HIV/AIDS in China.

When you talk about AIDS, you can't help talking about other issues like sex and homosexuality.And in China,these issues are often still considered taboo.But today,China AND the rest of the world remember those whose lives are affected by the deadly virus.The first AIDS case in China was reported back in 1985.Back then,the virus was largely transmitted through tainted blood transfusions.But today,sex has overtaken drug abuse as the main cause of HIV infections.BON's Sylvia Gunawan reports.