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The Associated Press - 3 Oct 1995
Under Taiwanese law, the government can bar the entry of people who have AIDS or are HIV-positive, as Johnson is.
Johnson and his team were to arrive in Taipei on Oct. 30 and play two exhibition games against the Taiwanese Hung Fu Rams basketball team before departing Nov. 2
Chen Cheng-chung, owner of the Hung Fu team, said the purpose of Johnson's visit was to teach the Taiwanese some basketball skills and to educate the people about AIDS.
Johnson, a perennial All-Star point guard with the Los Angeles Lakers for 13 years, retired from the NBA in 1992 after announcing that he had contracted the virus that causes AIDS.
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