ABSTRACT
Aspect of human security is crime, which many might expect to be high in both China and Brazil, given the high levels of inequality in the two countries. The three issues—migration, criminality, and health provision with a focus on HIV-AIDS—are not core, "dangerous" issues in either country. Both states have exhibited receptivity on HIV-AIDS, but Brazil's policy has resulted in reform, whereas China's policy is indeterminate. In many ways China appears to be making good on the promise of human security, and on certain issues one could argue that it has allowed itself to be led. One sign of economic disparities and vastly unequal economic opportunities is the choice by many to uproot and move away from their hometown, traditionally an extremely important aspect of Chinese identity. Rural residents are leaving the countryside in huge numbers—leading to the largest internal migration rates in the world—seeking temporary employment that they often hope will lead to longer-term opportunities in the cities.
