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China slaughtered 50,000 dogs in a government-ordered crackdown after three people died of rabies, sparking unusually pointed criticism in state media Tuesday and an outcry from animal rights activists.

The information office of the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government announced early on November 8 that there was a severe "police attacking" incident which began on the afternoon of November 7. This involved more than one thousand ordinary people in Shi Yan Road in Bao An District of Shenzhen.

On the morning of September 18, a grand wedding ceremony was held for two tibetan mastiff dogs in Kaifu area of Changsha City, Hunan province. The two dogs are less than two years old. The affectionate couple frequently "kissed" during the ceremony, arousing roars of laughter from dozens of onlookers.

Now this is a top 10 list I can get into - no pun intended. ESWN outlines the ten best (or at least most talked about) sex-related incidents of 2006. And yeah, there's some photos.

Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil may be put to death by the Chinese government as early as next week according to his wife. Celil is ethnically a Uighur Muslim, a group of people who live in China's western Xinjiang province.

Sentenced to death for his "anti-government" activities, Celil has been held in China since his capture and extradition in March from Uzbekistan.

In China, guide dogs were allowed in public places from July 20 to Sept. 20 thanks to a temporary certificate issued by the authority for the Olympics. Now that the Games are over, what of the guide dogs.

As China's ruling Communist Party holds its most important conclave in five years, the government has launched an unusually harsh crackdown on potential troublemakers, say Chinese and international huuman rights groups.

Scores, perhaps hundreds, of petitioners, democracy activists, religious figures, and humaan rights workers have been abducted, imprisoned, or confined to their homes over the past six weeks, according to rights monitors.

Dalian has China's only Guide Dog Training Centre. It has a turnover of 20 dogs per year. China has an estimated 12 million people with visual impairments. It is not possible to register a dog over 35 cm in height in most cities. The Olympic law allowing Guide Dogs in public places is about to expire and there is no clear replacement. Is it me or do things need to change?

Thirty years ago, on December 18-22, the landmark third plenary session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, setting a new direction for the country – reform and opening up. Great changes have taken place since then, from household life to the national strength, from the political field to the economic, sports, cultural, and social fields.