Hanchuchu, I sent you a private message, as well. I believe the disease in China is what I was infected with in 91. It was passed through saliva. I did almost die from it and at first, we suspected HIV, but I was negative. The only thing that saved my life was high doses of shittake mushroom extract. I had to take twenty pills a day for two years. I would literally be dead without it. Something in it saved me. It's either an immune boosting property of the shittake mushroom or it's the high doses of vitamin D in it because shittake has the highest vitamin D content in the world. The only way I even knew about it was because, at the time, it was being used in Japan to treat Low Natural Killer Cell Syndrome, another term for CFIDS/ME. And it does work, it is not a cure, it is only a treatment and it seems to have the ability to bang this thing down, but only to a certain level. All I can say is, it saved my life when I got sick nineteen years ago. The people of China do not have to die from the disease. You can fight it. They may end up chronically ill, but they will live, if you fight with real weapons like this. I can also tell you, the disease is only contagious during the first thirty days. At least it was back when I got it. After thirty days, it seems to go tertiary and you can't give it away, at least not easily.
I know you've said you don't think it's CFIDS, but it is classic CFIDS/ME and it hits hard. It's not a mild form of it.
I hope this helps you. It's really all I can say about it.