Huangpu is a district of pigeon fanciers and the skies over Shanghai have seen birds racing back to their coops for the best part of a century. Words and pictures by Jonathan Browning.
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Chinese AIDS sufferer Liu Ximei was infected with HIV when blood sellers at a rural hospital injected her with a used needle. Now she's fighting for compensation and an apology while fending off widespread discrimination in China.
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