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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...
...former prison guard with hooded eyes and a smart buzz cut who, at over 6 ft. 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...
...land of Confucius, Lu Weiding carries a heavy family responsibility. His father owns a $1 billion auto-parts supplier that controls the biggest privately run firm on China's stock exchange. But while Lu Guanqiu wanted his son to succeed him, the younger Lu rejected filial obligation and spent his teens careering around rural China in jeeps and on motorcycles. When he rear-ended a dump truck, Dad finally packed him off to Singapore to study and, says Lu, "to save me from becoming a failure...
...worked. Lu, 32, is CEO of Dad's firm, Wanxiang Group. He is expected one day to take his father's position atop the board in what would be the first dynastic succession in a major Chinese firm. Wanxiang supplies the makers of most passenger cars in China and operates factories in the U.S. that sell to the Big Three automakers. Lu, who unlike many local businessmen won't speculate in things like real estate, is playing it safe: "I get enough excitement running the company. I don't need to joyride anymore." --By Matthew Forney/Beijing
...this evening, the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW), with Latinas Unidas (LU) and the Asian American Association (AAA) are going to endeavor to bring specific focus on one remarkable yet overlooked identity group, whose experiences deserves particular mention...