The HIVs Are No Longer Banned From Mother China

By Queerty Staff April 28, 2010 at 6:04pm

A 21-year-old law banning foreigners who are HIV-positive, or carry other STDs (or have leprosy!), was lifted today by Chinese cabinet officials. Travelers with serious mental disorders? Still banned. [NYT]

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David

If I’m not mistaken the ban was also only recently lifted in the great fatherland, the USA.

April 28, 2010 at 7:04pm

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