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Shujuan Lin
Shujuan Lin is a journalist with China Daily newspaper. This article is part of a series from alumni of a Thomson Reuters Foundation HIV/AIDS reporting course held in Bangkok in November 2008. Any opinions are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
CHINA: AIDS campaigner sparks debate with condom gift to daughter
26 Nov 2008 14:14:00 GMT
Author: Shujuan Lin

When hugely popular Chinese actor Pu Cunxin revealed to the public that he had slipped a box of condoms into his 25-year-old daughter's suitcase when she was heading for the United States, it caused a storm.

In a long and lively online debate, many people accused Pu of encouraging his daughter to engage in pre-marital sex, which is traditionally frowned on in Chinese society.

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