This article in the China Daily caught our attention:Three hundred and twelve travelers were found to be HIV positive in the first seven months of this year, up 19 percent year-on-year, a report released Tuesday showed.

They were among 756,000 travelers who received random blood checks at border crossings, according to the report compiled by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).

The increase in positive cases was mainly due to the growth in the number of people who underwent the checks, Xia Wenjun, a press officer with the administration, said.

Such random checks were conducted on only 65,900 travelers in the same period last year.

Xia said such checks were usually conducted among high-risk groups, or those who appeared to have the symptoms. She would not elaborate.

The report failed to say how many of the HIV positive travelers were foreigners.

Under current laws and regulations of Ch...

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