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...drive north. Located just outside the city of Shangri-La (which used to be known as Zhongdian until the Chinese government renamed it in a bid to lure tourists), Ringha's well-heated two-story Tibetan-style houses feature lovely wooden bathtubs for two, while the spa offers traditional gui shi hot-stone massages that will have you feeling even closer to heaven than the property's 3,600-m elevation...
...drive north. Located just outside the city of Shangri-La (which used to be known as Zhongdian until the Chinese government renamed it in a bid to lure tourists), Ringha's well-heated two-story Tibetan-style houses feature lovely wooden bathtubs for two, while the spa offers traditional gui shi hot-stone massages that will have you feeling even closer to heaven than the property's 3,600-m elevation. Local villagers opposed to the development will sometimes bring you back down with a bump - they've been known to set up roadblocks and demand tolls from guests...
With the central government now involved, local authorities could no longer hide what the world has come to know as China's AIDS villages. Today a health clinic in the first village Gui visited provides free HIV testing and antiretroviral treatments, and a charity home shelters orphans and the elderly whose caretakers have died of AIDS...
...Gui, this is only the beginning. "They are my friends," he says of the people he continues to look after. A modest man, he is far more comfortable talking about the villagers than discussing his role in revealing the epidemic. His most treasured possession is a metal plaque from the farmers that reads, TO GUI: A ROLE MODEL FOR HELPING PEOPLE...
...clinic at Wuhan University is now recognized as a national training center for AIDS doctors and has pioneered in China use of a three-drug combination therapy for HIV-positive pregnant women and pediatric formulations of AIDS drugs for children. With medicine donated by the Clinton Foundation, Gui will offer treatment without charge to 200 infected infants over the next few years. Those children will be Gui's legacy, living reminders of the doctor's bravery and dedication. "The road ahead is still very long," he says. But thanks to Gui, China has taken the important first steps...