traits).However,in 2005,in the aftermath of the Zhou and Zhang affairs,the Ministries of Health and Personnel drafted the first health standards for public servants9.A new regulation was issued,mostly to ease the tensions resulting from the wave of sympathy the Zhou and Zhang cases caused,called General Standards on Physical Examinations Relating to the Employment of Civil Servants3 These standards officially allowed people with hepatitis B and other diseases or disabilities to be hired for a government position.Nonetheless,it may be quite possible that some discrimination persists in a number of local governments and agenciess2 iii)Physical traits Discrimination based on physical attributes is perhaps the most widespread type of discrimination in China,like anywhere else.Chinese employers,public and private,are often known to give importance to factors such as good look,height,weight,body-shape and, obviously,disabilities33.Many cases physical discrimination have been reported.One example is a man who could not be hired as teacher because his height was below the required standard34.The China Daily published an article on discrimination in public service recruitment revealing thatmany regional governments had regulations disqualifying public servants with physical disabilities'and that some regulations limit public servants'height and some provinces had strange requirements for the appearance of public servantss5.It also reported that agencies in the Hunan Province used to refuse women having asymmetrical 4 Hep B carriers allowed to join public service (China Daily,January 1,2005),available online at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/21/content 411013.htm. s0 Xun Zeng,supra note 10,at 1004. 51ld. 52 Ronald Brown,supra note 11,at 383. 53 Charles Chen and Jihong Wu,supra note 14,at 40. 41d. sHep B carriers allowed tojoin public service.supranoe50. 1010 traits). However, in 2005, in the aftermath of the Zhou and Zhang affairs, the Ministries of Health and Personnel drafted the first health standards for public servants49 . A new regulation was issued, mostly to ease the tensions resulting from the wave of sympathy the Zhou and Zhang cases caused, called General Standards on Physical Examinations Relating to the Employment of Civil Servants50 . These standards officially allowed people with hepatitis B and other diseases or disabilities to be hired for a government position51 . Nonetheless, it may be quite possible that some discrimination persists in a number of local governments and agencies52 . iii) Physical traits Discrimination based on physical attributes is perhaps the most widespread type of discrimination in China, like anywhere else. Chinese employers, public and private, are often known to give importance to factors such as good look, height, weight, body-shape and, obviously, disabilities53. Many cases physical discrimination have been reported. One example is a man who could not be hired as teacher because his height was below the required standard54 . The China Daily published an article on discrimination in public service recruitment revealing that ‘‘many regional governments had regulations disqualifying public servants with physical disabilities’’ and that ‘‘some regulations limit public servants' height and some provinces had strange requirements for the appearance of public servants’’55. It also reported that agencies in the Hunan Province used to refuse women having asymmetrical 49 Hep B carriers allowed to join public service (China Daily, January 1, 2005), available online at http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/21/content_411013.htm. 50 Xun Zeng, supra note 10, at 1004. 51 Id. 52 Ronald Brown, supra note 11, at 383. 53 Charles Chen and Jihong Wu, supra note 14, at 40. 54 Id. 55 Hep B carriers allowed to join public service, supra note 50