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The Politics of Mourning After Itaewon

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By Yeon Jung Yu, Jiho Cha
| SAPIENS Verified
✽ IN JANUARY 2023, I (co-author Jiho Cha) stood at a podium under cold, harsh lights in the hearing room of the National Assembly in Seoul, Korea, looking out at the audience. Lawmakers leafed through documents in silence, their expressions unreadable. Bereaved families sat with tightly clasped hands and firmly pressed lips while journalists stood behind their tripods, documenting the somber atmosphere. I paused to catch my breath before facing the gallery and speaking.
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Bearing the Stigma of HIV: Experiences and Coping Strategies in Southwest China

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By Xiaoming Li, Shan Qiao, Yeon Jung Yu, Yuejiao Zhou
| Longwoods Publishing
Bearing the Stigma of HIV: Experiences and Coping Strategies in Southwest China Even as the number of people living with HIV (PLWH) is rapidly increasing in China, qualitative studies investigating the effect of HIV stigma on daily lives remain limited. The current study aims to fill this gap in research with attention to not only the experiences but also the coping strategies of PLWH in southwest China. We conducted 90 in-depth interviews in Guangxi, China.
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The Moral Code of Chinese Sex Workers

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By Yeon Jung Yu
| SAPIENS Verified
✽ One hot afternoon in July 2008, I was sitting with Li, a 27-year-old female sex worker, in her tiny room in the red-light district of Haikou, the capital of China’s Hainan province. The concrete walls were covered with colorful posters of Chinese pop stars and erotic images of white couples. As Li and I were chatting about her life, Zhang burst in, panicked, saying she had to hide from her “sister” Hong.
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