Still a long way to go to eliminate prejudice toward people with HIV

IN A LABOR DISPUTE CASE mediated by a local court in Neijiang, Sichuan province, an employee with HIV obtained a two-year labor contract from a company, which had fired him after learning of his condition. China Youth Daily comments:

It was right of the man to use legal means to resolve the dispute. But the question is what else could he do apart from taking legal action. While in similar cases in the past, despite winning their cases some people have still lost their jobs.

Which exposes on the one hand how hard it is for such people to defend their legal rights and interests, and on the other how entrenched the discrimination against those with HIV is in society.