Essays Tagged: "Yunnan"

AIDS epidemic in China.

can be described as a limited epidemic. It started in October 1989 when 146 drug users in southwest Yunnan Province were tested positive for HIV. During this period, the majority of reported HIV infec ... HIV. During this period, the majority of reported HIV infections in China were among drug users in Yunnan. At the same time, a small number of HIV infections were reported among STD patients, sex-wor ...

(2 pages) 48 1 4.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Technological Innovation/ Development Prior to 1500AD:

t person recorded to have used the compass as a navigational aid was Zheng He (1371-1435), from the Yunnan province in China, who made seven ocean voyages between 1405 and 1433.As found in the Encyclo ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

China

the smallest. Mount Everest Range is the first and is called "The Roof of the World". The second is Yunnan, Guizah, and Loess at one thousand to two thousand meters. The Bulk is the smallest at one hu ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.6 May/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

What is a Region and What Region do you feel that you Belong to?

ry.I have lived in many countries before, including the U.S., Hong Kong and also Kunming, a city in Yunnan Province, China.I've been born in the US, and have an American passport, yet I don't feel lik ...

(2 pages) 23 2 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Man of Importance: Marco Polo

Khan and for three years governed the Chinese town, Yangchow. He also took part in missions to the Yunnan and Indonchina, and he was also assigned the task of going along with a Mongol princess to Pe ...

(2 pages) 20 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History