"Renowned Chinese AIDS Activist Gao Yaojie Passes Away at 95"

Dr. Gao Yaojie, a renowned Chinese doctor and activist who exposed the AIDS epidemic in rural China in the 1990s, has passed away at the age of 95. Gao's outspokenness about the virus outbreak, which infected tens of thousands, led to her living in self-exile in the United States for over a decade. She became China's most well-known AIDS activist, speaking out against blood-selling schemes that spread HIV in her home province of Henan. Gao's work received international recognition, but she faced government pressure and restrictions. Despite the challenges, she persisted in her mission to help her people and bring attention to the crisis.