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China's most wanted

by Mindy Belz

Cover Story | Without academic freedom, China will never fully develop," predicted China's esteemed premier Zhou En Lai in 1954. He obviously did not know about the Internet. China's current leadership has taken a swat at the growing trade of information via computer technology, making the transmission of "secret" or "reactionary" material a capital crime last January. A crackdown on everyone from webmasters to Internet cafés coincided with publication in the United States of The Tiananmen Papers. The

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'I will obey and wait'

by Edward E. Plowman

Cover Story | Gao Zhan gives WORLD the first behind-the-scenes account of her 51/2-month nightmare in a Chinese prison

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In this issue: "Trial and terror," Sept. 1, 2001

Features

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An unholy war of nerves

by Mindy Belz

International |  After Afghanistan's radical Islamic government arrests Christian workers, relief groups discover the high cost of doing business with jihad fighters

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'Substantial doubt'

by Chris Stamper

National |  Once regarded as an AOL competitor, ExciteAtHome sits on the brink of financial extinction; online voting invites worldwide voter fraud; new technology deals…

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State of the unions

by Lynn Vincent

National |  Labor Day 2001: Organized labor loses members and struggles for relevance in the economy of the 21st century

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Dispatches

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Quotables

There are a lot of needlepointers out there. Bill Williams, executive director of the Louisville Slugger Museum, after receiving protests about a billboard…

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QuickTakes

by The Editors

TREATING EVIL: Andrea Yates allegedly drowned her five children in a bathtub last June. Now she's pleading insanity. Husband Russell Yates said his wife…

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Flash Traffic

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Political buzz from Washington

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Faces

by The Editors

As the director of the Community Agencies Corporation, a New Jersey charity, Tony Peele founded the state's first shelter for homeless crack babies. With over…

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The Buzz

by The Editors

DiIULIO'S DEPARTURE: "IT WAS BEST FOR THIS GOOD MAN TO LEAVE WITH HIS SHIELD RATHER THAN ON IT" A merciful resignation John J. DiIulio, director of the White…

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Reviews

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The Movies

by The Editors

Culture |  The top 5 movies in popularity, measured by box office receipts for the week ending Aug. 19

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Bestsellers

by The Editors

Culture |  The five best-selling hardback novels as measured by placement on four leading lists as of Aug. 21

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Business unusual

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  Corporate America is leading the charge for left-wing social change

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Voices

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Back to which school?

by Joel Belz

Finally, the state is no longer the standard

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The camel's nose

by Andrée Seu

Today's stem-cell problem originated years ago

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Mailbag

Repeating pattern Marvin Olasky has often pointed out how, in America's past, religious organizations sprang up to solve social problems within their…

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Priceless labor

by Marvin Olasky

After five years of welfare reform, a new debate begins

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