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...Chinese penchant for careful record keeping, it's no surprise that officials here have been collecting and analyzing information on these cases for more than a decade. But access to the data?especially for outsiders?has been carefully guarded. The man in charge of generating the statistics is Dr. Lu Lin, director of the Yunnan Center for Disease Control (CDC), who has been monitoring HIV infection among the highest-risk groups in nearly 50 sites around the province since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Secret Plague | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...former prison guard with hooded eyes and a buzz cut who, at over 1.8 m tall, towers over most Chinese, Lu might seem a tough nut to crack. But when Ho approached Lu and his colleagues three years ago with a proposal to collaborate on vaccine trials, Ho was surprised by the response he got. They were eager to cooperate, he recalls, but had little interest in a vaccine. They were more concerned with helping those already struggling with the disease. "We wanted to push the vaccine," says Ho, "and they wanted to get more treatment for patients, more trained...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Secret Plague | 7/19/2004 | See Source »

...impossible to tell whether SIPO had legitimate cause or succumbed to pressure from local drug makers, as critics such as Powers contend. Pfizer says the patent will stay in effect while it appeals, but Chinese companies are already clamoring to make their own versions of the drug. Says Lu Xinyu, marketing manager of Guangzhou drug company Beautiful Pearl Group, "I can't imagine how vicious the competition will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patent Denied | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...clearly described the drug. "Hairsplitting" is what the U.S. China Business Council called it and "a negative signal to foreign companies looking to defend their property rights." Pfizer says its patent stays in effect while it appeals, but Chinese firms are already clamoring to legally make the drug. Says Lu Xinyu, marketing manager of drug-maker Beautiful Pearl Group, "I can't imagine how vicious the competition will be." - Matthew Forney/Beijing Floating On Air Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based independent broadcaster, is weighing a public offering on Doha's stock exchange within two or three years. To bolster its appeal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 7/11/2004 | See Source »

...deal to have a small number of corrupt officials." LU YOUMEI, former president of China's Three Gorges Project Corporation, dismissing an official admission of widespread graft involving 200 local cadres who pilfered funds for relocating residents displaced by the Yangtze River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

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