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AIDS Researcher Welcomed in Taiwan

The Associated Press; Thursday, January 30, 1997 11:43:00 PM

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- David Ho, the pioneering AIDS researcher Time magazine named 1996 Man of the Year, is finding out what a big-time cover story can do for the reception you get from your native land.

When Ho last visited Taiwan, just before the Time announcement on Dec. 21, a lecture he gave drew few attendees and no media coverage. This time, dozens of reporters and camera crews covered his arrival and the government's Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission awarded Ho a medal of achievement.

The 44-year-old Ho, who moved with his family to Los Angeles when he was 12, told a news conference Wednesday that he'll meet AIDS patients here, saying it's "the proper thing to do."


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