ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the burden HIV epidemics place on populations and the threat they pose to China and its neighbouring states. The pillars of human insecurity: economic, food, health, environmental, personal, community and political security are highlighted as the elements of human security most threatening in HIV/AIDS situations. Understanding the impacts of human insecurity in HIV/AIDS epidemics provides a scaffold for the book’s contention that human security is a legitimate and useful framework for understanding China’s HIV/AIDS epidemics. Moreover, it is claimed that using such a framework will assist in addressing both the challenges and shortfalls of existing programs.
