This is a must read press release from our good friends at China Aid.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--On
the eve of World AIDS Day, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met
with the outspoken China's AIDS activist Dr Gao Yaojie at her office at
around 2:00 PM for 15 minutes. The Secretary embraced what she called
her 'old friend.' This is Madame Secretary's fourth meeting with Dr
Gao. Dr. Gao told Sec. Clinton that she had to leave China reluctantly
because of the intense persecution against dissent voices in China. She
also mentioned the persecution had intensified this year, not only
against aids activists like her, but also against house church leaders
such as Ms. Yang Rongli from Linfen City, Shanxi who received 7 years
imprisonment on November 25 as a Christian church leader. According to
Dr. Gao, The Secretary told her through a translator that she is also a
Christian. When Dr. Gao told the Secretary that she thought the
Secretary was smarter than her husband, former president Bill Clinton,
they burst to laughter. The US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women
Affairs and Secretary's Senior Advisor attended the meeting. Prior to
that meeting, Dr. Gao held another 45-minute meeting with senior
officials from DRL and Bureau for Asia and Pacific Affairs on the AIDS
pandemic in China. More at China Aid.