China Poses

This is a catch up post about a previous post about the Dr. Gao Yaolie of China who was not allowed to leave the country and put on house arrest so that she would miss recieving a humanitarian award in the United States for her work on AIDS. According to Jim Yardley of the New York Times in his article "China Covers Up AIDS Doctor's Detention" published on February 16 2007, the Chineese government tried to make the Dr.'s house arrest seem to be a false misunderstanding. In Tuesday's Henan Daily there was an article with a picture of the doctor and three high ranking Henan Providence officials smiling on the picture. The men gave her flowers while she quinted at the camera while she was still under house arrest after trying to get a visa so she could travel to Washington to recieve an honor. The detention attracted many eyes from other countries and the article was meant to cover up that she was detained and show that she was actually staying by choice. On that thursday the Dr. explained that police officers were still stationed outside her house. She is very confused and is curious as to who made the decision and what crimes an 80 year old woman could have possible committed. The writer of the article says that AIDS is perhaps the most influencial and changing issue in China at the moment and this could be a reason as to why she is being detained.