Religious cleansing

Human Race: China and the APA stumble in dealing with Christians, India aborts itself into a female crisis, and other global news

Olympic venue in Beijing

What to make of the more than 100 missionaries recently deported by China's Communist government in the largest expulsion since 1954? One expert granted anonymity by WORLD so that he will not be kicked out said, "One hundred expulsions is relatively small in the scope of all that is happening in China. Everyone here has hunkered down by curtailing more risky activities until the pressure lessens."

The China Aid Association, based in Midland, Texas, said the removal was a result of "efforts to prevent foreign Christians from engaging in mission activities before the Beijing Olympics next year." WORLD's source in China agreed that "the Olympics is a genuine concern" and said that "starting now to get rid of the possible troublemakers isn't as obvious as if they did it in the days before the Olympics."