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The Chicago Tribune, Thursday, November 13, 1997, Page 2
China's official figures show the country had 5,990 reported carriers of HIV at the end of 1996.
"Data from the Ministry of Health suggest that China, like other countries, is facing a serious challenge with the spread of HIV/AIDS," the newspaper said.
Chinese and Western health officials have said the actual number of HIV carriers could be as high as 50,000-100,000.
The number of sexually transmitted disease cases in China had risen by about 9 percent to 182,000 in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 1996, the newspaper said.
China registered 398,000 STD cases in 1996, a rise of 12 percent from the year before, it said.
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