Friday, December 02, 2005

News

Hunan welfare organizations involved in infant trafficking: Seven leaders and staff members of two welfare organizations in central China's Hunan province were taken into custody under suspicion of infant trafficking, the local pubic security bureau reported.

Toxins Make Second China City Cut Water: Another town on a poisoned Chinese river shut down its water system Wednesday after Communist Party members went door-to-door giving out bottled water in an effort to show that China's leaders can protect the public from the latest environmental disaster.

China's new rules open door to Amway, Avon, others: The Amway way is outlawed in China no more. The Avon lady is legal. Mary Kay can spread her pink gospel door-to-door in the world's biggest consumer market.

China marks World AIDS Day, but faces uphill battle against spread: AIDS Day with public awareness campaigns and a vow to keep HIV cases under 1.5 million, but experts said the country still faces an uphill battle in dealing with the crisis

China torture 'still widespread': A UN special envoy has said torture remains widespread in China but appears to be declining in urban areas.

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