CHINA has lifted its ban on foreign leprosy sufferers entering the country. Leprosy sufferers and their relatives from other countries can enter China from Sunday, according to the General Administration of Quality... ...full story at Shanghai Daily
from Shanghai Daily on Thu, Jul 24 2008
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