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201377 minPGdocumentary

Stay Home

201377 minPGdocumentary

850,000 people in China were living with AIDS in 2011, many infected through an officially promoted plasma market.

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850,000 people in China were living with AIDS in 2011, many infected through an officially promoted plasma market.

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Ai Weiwei

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Liu Ximei, born in 1985 in Xincai County, faced significant challenges from an early age. After being raised by relatives due to the one child policy, she suffered a severe injury while harvesting wheat in 1995. During her treatment at a local hospital, she received HIV contaminated blood and contracted AIDS. In 2013, the film details her life and the broader context of the AIDS epidemic in China, where official statistics reported 850,000 sufferers, many infected through a state-promoted plasma market.

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