media - Walking condom arrives in Shanghai

Danwei noted it earlier at Sanlitun, but today I bumbed into the Walking Condom in Xujiahui. It was the only exciting part of what was otherwise a classic line-up for an official show on AIDS-prevention. On a stage two anchor-people of Shanghai TV presented a show that will be broadcasted on December 12. The traditional line of officials, balloons, pigeons and cute little girls dancing on a stage.

Actually, so boring I even did not wait for the free handouts that seems to be part of this kind of events. I should have a watch next week, but if this is the way to convince people, Chinese media be losing their credibility even faster than US networks are doing. Hope I can find STV on my TV-set, have not watched it for ages.

What was interesting was that the messages was entirely focused on women. Obvious, the government seems to assume that women are easier to convince that they should force men to wear a condom than address the men directly.