Removing the stigma of HIV/AIDS

Doctor Cai Weiping, who has treated an estimated 20,000 patients, aims to dispel myths about the virus

Though many on the Chinese mainland might balk at the thought of it, Cai Weiping publicly acknowledges that he has hundreds of friends who are HIV-positive or have AIDS.

Cai is director of the infectious diseases department at Guangzhou No 8 People's Hospital, a designated hospital to treat AIDS and other infectious diseases in the capital of Guangdong province.