article_snippet.sent: The devastating case of Luo Kun Kun has highlighted the stigma attached to the disease in China .
article_snippet.sent: a petition asking the authorities to remove him said Luo Kun Kunprovokes fear among the community' and referred to Luo Kun Kun as a 'ticking time bomb' Knowledge of HIV/AIDS in China is worse in poor, rural areas, such as the community Luo Kun Kun is from .
article_snippet.sent: The devastating case of Kun Kun has highlighted the stigma attached to the disease in China, where many sufferers face widespread discrimination.
article_snippet.sent: The problem is so great, even medical workers sometimes refuse to touch those diagnosed with the disease in China.
article_snippet.sent: The latest figures released by China's National Health and Family Planning Commission showed a total of 497,000 people in China have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS since China's first case in 1985.
article_snippet.sent: China has a population of 1.36billion.
article_snippet.sent: Knowledge of HIV/AIDS is worse in poor, rural areas, such as the community Luo Kun Kun is from, experts have said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Luo Kun Kun expelled from Luo Kun Kun village in China when diagnosed with HIV .
  