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China to revise law on HIV+ foreigners

The Ministry of Health will soon relax a 14 year old rule that bars foreigners with HIV/AIDS from entering China, although a date has not yet been set, reports the Associated Press. Needless to say, this is of MAJOR significance. As everyone who is... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Nov 14 2007

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