• China Sentences 31 More in Kiln Scandal

  China state media reported that courts in northern China sentenced an additional 31 people to prison terms of up to five years for crimes relating to the use of slave labor in brick kilns.

• Beijing Catholics Celebrates 50 Years, Amidst Candidate Selection Controversy

  The official Catholic Church in China went ahead with celebrating 50 years, Wednesday, despite controversy surrrounding its recent selection of a candidate Bishop for Beijing without papal-authority.

• Beijing-Approved Catholic Head Denies Invitation to Pope

  The senior spokesman of China’s state-controlled Catholic church claimed that he did not formally invite Pope Benedict XVI to make a landmark visit to China, after the Pope refused to confirm speculation of an imminent breakthrough in relations between Beijing and the Vatican will.

• Chinese Police Disrupt Children Vacation Bible School

  Police raided a children vacation Bible school in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, July 11, 2007, arresting leaders and teachers, injuring several people and dismissing 150 traumatized children.

• Chinese Government Should Serve More, Says Amity head

  The head of a China-based social welfare organization urged Chinese government officials to act more as “servants” of society than that of rulers.