Beijing vows that eight-year-old threatened with expulsion from Sichuan village will receive a living allowance and an educationChina’s health ministry has promised to provide medical care and a living allowance for an eight-year-old HIV-positive boy targeted by villagers for expulsion, state media have reported.In a case that drew widespread condemnation, about 200 residents – including the child’s grandfather – signed a petition last week to expel him from their village in the south-western province of Sichuan to “protect villagers’ health”, triggering anger online at perceived prejudice and ignorance in the countryside.