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Hepatitis B carrier wins discrimination case [China]
A court in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi province, has awarded a man 8,000 yuan ($1,258) in damages after he was refused employment because he is a hepatitis B virus carrier, Xi'an Evening News reported...[A] Tongji University graduate, signed an employment contract with Northwestern Architectural Design Institute Company Ltd in October 2011, but was not hired by the company after he was found to be carrying the hepatitis B virus...Job discrimination against hepatitis B virus carriers was banned in...2010.