WORLD AIDS DAY, observed on Dec 1 each year, is an opportunity for people to unite in the fight against HIV and show their support for people living with the virus. Thepaper.cn commented on Saturday:

The annual World AIDS Day is a reminder of how the virus can destroy lives and raise awareness on how to prevent it from spreading. China has done quite well in making people understand it is a transmittable virus as well as the fact those who are HIV-positive have the equal right to employment. But it is too soon to say that discrimination against those with HIV/AIDS has been eradicated.

A Beijing security guard was reportedly told to leave his post after being diagnosed with the virus, and some 15 students with HIV, who had to sit their college entrance examinations in a separate room in June, have fallen victim to discrimination since entering college.