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Beijing: The plight of an eight year old Chinese boy with HIV, reportedly ordered to leave his village by 200 petitioners, 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.
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