TY - JOUR T1 - The battle of HIV among Chinese MSM must be rethought JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050008 SP - sextrans-2011-050008 AU - WCW Wong Y1 - 2011/01/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/early/2011/03/27/sextrans-2011-050008.abstract N2 - Edited by Travis S K Kong, Chinese Male Homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy. Published by Routledge, UK, 2010, pp 320, $140.00 (hardback). ISBN 978-0-415-45189-5.This book Chinese Male homosexualities: Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy1 by Travis Kong was not wrritten primarily about HIV. Instead it is an essential text on contemporary male sexuality in modern-day China. The story of the Chinese homosexualities in this book begins in Hong Kong where, he argues, its unique colonial history, Chinese culture and family values intersect with environmental factors such as the dense population, limited space and history of travelling, have helped shift the queer culture from ‘institutional’ politics to ‘cultural and economic’ politics, which manifests itself in media and popular cultures as ways to challenge societal discrimination and injustices.The author argues that ‘memba’ in Hong Kong or ‘tongzhi’ in mainland China (the local parlances for gay men) always struggle with their families due to their gay identities. In … ER -