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Kun Kun had got the HIV virus from his mother when she was pregnant with him, but was only diagnosed when he was about five years old. 

His mother and stepfather work in other provinces, so he lives near the town of Xichong with his non-blood-related grandparents, who had adopted his stepfather as a child.

Kun Kun does not go to school, he spends his days playing in the woods. He has also set his own home on fire, as well as grass piles and the village oil well."Nobody wants to play with me, so I just play by myself," he said.

At a special meeting on 7 December, 203 villagers signed a petition asking the governmnent to " take Kun Kun away from the village, and protect the health of the villagers and children".When Kun Kun watched his grandfather sign the petition, he raced home, climbed into bed, and laid there wordlessly.

Villagers said they were afraid their children would "catch Aids" if they play with him or were bitten by him. One called Kun Kun a "time bomb". 

Asked by another newspaper why he signed the petition, Kun Kun's grandfather said he and his wife were elderly and unwell, and had "no way of taking care of this child". He added that he had had no news from Kun Kun's parents.

Observers say discrimination against those with HIV and Aids is still terrible in China, although the government has tried to fight it with laws aimed at stopping discrimination. The WHO estimates that China has about 800,000 patients with the virus.

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