The shunning of an eight-year-old Chinese boy with HIV, from his village by 200 petitioners has sparked intense online soul-searching Thursday in a country where discrimination against sufferers remains rife. The boy's guardian, his grandfather, was among those in southwestern Sichuan province who signed an agreement to expel the child to "protect villagers' health", the Global Times reported. The newspaper, which has close ties to the ruling Communist ...Sunday, 21 December 2014
Height of Ignorance Displayed by Chinese Vilagers
The shunning of an eight-year-old Chinese boy with HIV, from his village by 200 petitioners has sparked intense online soul-searching Thursday in a country where discrimination against sufferers remains rife. The boy's guardian, his grandfather, was among those in southwestern Sichuan province who signed an agreement to expel the child to "protect villagers' health", the Global Times reported. The newspaper, which has close ties to the ruling Communist ...
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