@article{PAR00007374,
  title = {{C}ollective mobilisation and transnational solidarity to combat {A}ids in {C}hina : local dynamics and visibility of groups defending sexual and social minorities},
  author = {{M}icollier, {E}velyne},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he spread of {A}ids and fears raised by the risk of an epidemic are not only the driving force behind social change but also give pointers to the reasons for these changes, as many studies have shown today on a global scale. {I}n {C}hina, as in other non-western countries, one of the significant social changes that we observe is the emergence and greater visibility of groups or activists to defend sexual and social minorities, a phenomenon which has created on a national scale a civil society, social organisations and movements with ?{C}hinese characteristics?. {F}or ten years, from the time that we first became aware of the risk of an {A}ids epidemic and its potential seriousness in {C}hinese society, some of the most committed anti-{A}ids activists have also been fierce defenders of the rights of homosexuals. {T}his is reminiscent of the model for action implemented in the 1980s in the developed countries. {O}ver the last few years, for example, these militants have worked to denounce the scandal of the ?{HIV}-contaminated blood sellers? in the central provinces of {C}hina. {T}he anti-{A}ids activism was a pointer to the presence in {C}hina of the potential growth of gay/lesbian movements in the large cities, especially {P}eking and the major towns in {N}orth-{E}ast {C}hina.{T}his article is divided into two parts: the first deals with the local dynamics of {A}ids prevention, describing (1) committed activists wearing several ?hats? (one official, one anti-{A}ids activist and finally one gay activist), (2) social organisations working alongside or in confrontation with the {S}tate, (3) informal groups or networks defending sexual and social minorities. {T}hese dynamics have an impact on the stigma associated with {HIV} and these minorities and could contribute in the long term to a degree of de-stigmatisation. {I}n the second part of the article {I} look at transnational dynamics, identifying transnational actors and their role as ?go-between? ({T}aiwanese, {H}ong {K}ongese who since 1999 have {C}hinese citizenship, {C}hinese from {S}outh-{E}ast and western {A}sia) as they may have more influence in interactions with militants and the {C}hinese populations, and thus in influencing local dynamics where collective mobilisation in the face of {A}ids is concerned. {T}he intervention of ?go-betweens? from the {N}orth (westerners of non-{C}hinese origin) can also be seen. {T}he role of {NICT} ({N}ew {I}nformation and {C}ommunication {T}echnologies), especially forums and networks developed at different levels through {I}nternet -intra-regional and trans-regional in {C}hina, transnational in {C}hina and {A}sia, and also international- is described: the use of {NICT} and the creation of networks are characteristic of the process of economic and cultural globalisation at work today in the world. {T}he formation of transnational solidarity groups is also a form of globalisation, ?social? this time, more discreet and not yet very developed compared with the more comprehensive forms of economic globalisation.},
  keywords = {{SIDA} ; {SANTE} {PUBLIQUE} ; {VIE} {ASSOCIATIVE} ; {SOCIETE} {CIVILE} ; {CHANGEMENT} {SOCIAL} ; {ENTRAIDE} ; {MINORITE} ; {DIASPORA} ; {PARTICIPATION} {POPULAIRE} / {HOMOSEXUALITE} ; {RESEAU} {SOCIAL} ; {NICT} (nouvelles technologies information et communication) {CHINE} ; {CHINE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{F}ace to {F}ace : {P}erspectives on {H}ealth},
  numero = {7},
  pages = {. 30--38},
  year = {2005},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00007374},
}