The 'nameless fever': the HIV/AIDS pandemic and China's women

This article addresses the HIV/AIDs epidemic as a human rights issue, to which the right to the provisions of social justice required to alleviate and prevent the diseases should be included, focusing on international concerns over the rise of AIDS in China. The author focuses on the threat this virus poses to Chinese women who are living in a hypermasculine culture, references the factors contributing to this threat to human rights issues, and provides an assessment of the international and national response to HIV/AIDS; results show an increasing threat of infection to Chinese women, gender-specific factors contributing to the risk to women, the response is found to be weak and belated and considered a threat to the social patriarchy, and political reform is found necessary for social justice and democracy.