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Beyond the bump a Chinese boy and HIV scandal unfold
In 1996 Tian Xi contracted HIV from tainted blood in Henan. He grew frail, lost weight, and faced a life of petitions and legal battles as China faced a mass blood-donation scandal. Activists warn the outbreak affected over a million people. officials tally 740,000 living with HIV/AIDS in 2009.
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Xincai
China
Tian Xi
Xincai People’s Hospital No. 1
Henan
Tian
Henan Province
Tian Demin
Hu Jia
United States
Wan Yanhai
Washington
Politburo
Li Changchun
Li Keqiang
Communist Party
Wan
Deng Xiaoping
Zhoukou
Ministry of Health
Wang Shuping
Wang
Utah
Chen Minggui
Tsinghua
Peking
Harvard
Yale
Beijing
University
Health Ministry
Supreme Court
Tal
Liang Xiaojun
LOS Angeles Times
Cheng Minggui