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First Place
John Stanmeyer
VII / TIME Magazine
"Sex, Drugs and Death: AIDS Let Loose In Asia"  

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Dancers simulating oral sex during a performance at the Hot Spot nightclub in Beijing, China, while security guards in military style uniforms keep back the crowd during an androgynous sexy show. With the mainland shifting towards a more racy Western lifestyle and sexual openness, concerns about HIV spreading throughout the Mainland are rising as society changes from its traditional Chinese values. The WHO is predicting that China will have over 10 million HIV positive people by 2010.
 
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