Local authorities to blame

Discrimination against HIV carriers is unjust, but the 8-year-old lived in a small village, where the authorities never took any measure to gain villagers' confidence that they were safe. The local authorities have failed in their duty by letting an 8-year-old AIDS patient live there, unprotected.

Yanzhao Metropolis Daily, Dec 18

Social services should have covered the boy, but nobody cared about him even though his grandparents applied many times. It is urgent and necessary to improve the social welfare system so as to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.