December 6, 2007

Forced Testing for Returning Chinese Citizens

This month, China began enforcing a law that forces Chinese citizens who have been out of the country for more than a year to be tested for HIV, reports the Beijing News/Reuters India (in.reuters.com, 12/6).

These regulations would apply to Chinese air and ship crew members who are working overseas, though officials haven’t specified how the tests would work for crew members that come in and out of the country for short visits.

In November, Chinese officials announced that the country would be dropping immigration laws that restrict HIV-positive people from traveling into the country, Reuters notes.

It is estimated that there will be about 700,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in China by the end of 2007, up from a previous estimate of 650,000.

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John, Elizabeth, NJ, 2007-12-12 02:16:13
Glad to see that China is relaxing the barring of HIV + people from entering for tourism. Nothing like having to lie to enter the country and fear because you are telling a lie to a communist country.