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For those of you who remember the story of Ms. Duo and her heroic activities , here is an update from Carol Wolfson of Shanghai Second Chance Animal Association.

As you can see, this situation is a mess and worst fears were confirmed as now the majority of the pets have died or "disappeared". This hoarder did nothing to improve the lives of the 800 cats, nor has this situation done anything to curb the cat trade.

A lawyer in Beijing is bringing criminal charges against Microsoft after the company "blacked-out" the backgrounds of illegal copies of Windows in China through its automatic update function.

Luo Xuejuan, China's gold medallist in the 100m women's breaststroke at the Athens Olympics, has retired at the age of 23. Luo was dogged by health problems.

China's badminton coach admits that a semi-final between Zhang Ning and Zhou Mi at the 2004 Athens Olympics was fixed.

by AFP | Khaleeij Times Online
July 13, 2007

GENEVA - Two human rights groups on Friday sharply criticised a senior Olympic official who warned social activists not to use the Beijing 2008 Games to highlight their concerns.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) said the remarks by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) chief Beijing organiser, Hein Verbruggen, repudiated the Olympic movement’s own ideal and its Code of Ethics.

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have detained 45 East Turkestan "terrorist" suspects, and foiled plots to carry out suicide bomb attacks and kidnap athletes to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, a police spokesman said on Thursday.

Uighur militants have been agitating to establish an independent East Turkestan in China's predominantly Muslim northwestern region of Xinjiang bordering Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia.

BEIJING - Remain calm, don’t fight back and try to send a text message to the police.

That’s how Chinese police have advised people to respond if captured by terrorists during next month’s Olympic Games, the official Xinhua News Agency said Friday.

The new “anti-terrorism manual” is the latest in a string of warnings issued by an increasingly jittery Chinese government in the run-up to the Aug. 8-24 Olympics. In addition to worries over foreign terrorist plots, Beijing is also concerned about political protests from domestic critics.

True Run will be splitting from China Intercontinental Press. CIP will continue operating a magazine under the title that’s Beijing, while True Run will launch its own magazine called The Beijinger using former that’s Beijing staff.