The Mexican government is lodging protests in reaction to China’s isolation of a number of Mexican nationals. Story:

Saying China’s quarantine of 70 Mexican travelers was discrimination, Mexico announced it was chartering a plane Monday to bring its citizens home from the country.

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China quarantined more than 70 Mexican travelers in hospitals and hotels there, and Mexicans on arriving flights were being taken into isolation, said Mexico’s ambassador, Jorge Guajardo. Even the Mexican consul in Guangzhou was briefly held after returning from a vacation in Cambodia. Calderon complained of the backlash against Mexicans abroad.

To date there has been one confirmed case of the H1N1 virus in China.

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