Chinese Treatment of AIDS victims

[Joe R. Golowka]

> That China's growth has had huge real social costs is the unavoidable
> conclusion of spending even a short time in China.  I can't help but think
> at least some of those costs were avoidable.  But my working hypothesis is
> that people in China don't see how any of the price they pay for progress
is
> avoidable, so they consent to it.

Not everyone does.  There have been numerous news reports stating that China
is experiencing unrest on a regular basis.  For example, see
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/jun2001/chin-j15.shtml and
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/may2001/chin-m25.shtml