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Via Associated Press:
A fire ignited explosives Friday at a home in northern China, killing at least 43 people, many of whom had rushed to the scene to battle the flames, a government news agency said.

As if there weren’t enough American Bar Association accredited law schools–-191 of them–-and a whole host of other unaccredited schools (some of which are seeking accreditation), there is talk of an ABA approved school in China. If it happens, it would be the first school approved outside of the U.S. Here is the news from BeiDa.

a survey this year which found that in Shanghai 30% of high school pupils and 50% of middle-school students wanted to change their nationality...

“The cycle of poverty can only be broken through education. Poor peasant farmers struggle to pay the annual school fees for their children to go to primary school but very, very few can afford the higher costs of sending the children to Junior Middle School or beyond. We know that if the children can learn to be comfortable with foreign visitors and speak some English they will be able to get work. Volunteer English Teachers...

The Library Project is very excited to announce that they have provided twelve elementary school libraries in less than a month throughout China. The Library Project donated thousands of Chinese language children’s books, as well as tables, chairs, plants, globes, and children’s dictionaries. Librarian training was provided at each library with hopes that it will substantially improve the education children will receive at each elementary school.

KUNMING -- More than 80 teenagers from a southwest China school have been hospitalized after the mystery death of a fellow student in what a senior doctor described as a case of mass hysteria.

BEIJING (Al'Reuters) - The trial of a blind Chinese rights activist ended in disarray on Friday with his main attorney detained until the hearing ended and the defendant rejecting two officially appointed stand-in lawyers.

Shanghai Fox is back on the air as of this Friday. The Fox plays rock music from the 70's, 80's & 90's and will also air a PSA of our mutual friend & colleagues at the Library Project to drum up more support to this worthy cause. Have a listen every Friday, 9am to... whenever!

The Library Project will be donating thousands of Chinese language children’s books, hundreds of tables and chairs, plants, globes, children’s dictionaries, and providing librarian training to an entire school district in the ShaanXi Province.