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...Curse of the Jade Scorpion...
...Winners MICHELLE YEOH Crouching Tiger star is given the royal title datuk by the sultan of her home state of Perak, Malaysia. Is Dame Jade Fox next? MEL BROOKS Producers gets raves; show sold out. What's next for Broadway? Blazing Saddles, the Musical? Silent Movie, the Play? SCOTT WADDLE Submarine commander discharged without a court-martial. Guess the tribunal had too many civilian visitors that...
Yunnan, bordering on the Golden Triangle, is the worst hit by AIDS - health workers say there are at least 50,000 victims - because of its large population of heroin shooters. Little Jade has only been hustling for two months, but it was long enough to pick up a heroin habit. She says her occasional boyfriend, a hospital orderly, helped her kick the addiction by locking her in a room for 15 agonizing days. However, the disease may already be laying siege to her immune system...
AIDS is also spreading into China's lifeblood through the country's vast, migrant population. Beijing economists estimate that more than 200 million rural laborers are drifting into the cities looking for jobs that simply aren't there. Little Jade worked as a waitress until she was fired for breaking too many dishes, and she couldn't find any other work in Kunming. With state-run factories closing down, young migrant women find prostitution their only option, especially in China's coastal boomtowns...
...Little Jade leaves the taxi and wanders into the night. Her face hardens to resemble a painted opera mask as she readies for other customers. She says she needs to turn tricks "for a few more weeks" to save money to treat her boyfriend's heroin addiction. After all, he saved her. Then she'll stop. She recalls how one of her hooker friends fell ill - Little Jade is sure it was AIDS - and the women chipped in with $75 for medical treatment. But the private clinic her friend went to tipped off the authorities, and the woman was never...