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         2        China Keen to Protect Womens' Rights,Interests

                  —An interview with Zhao Shaohua,vice-chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation  

                  BY OUR STAFF REPORTERS

FEATURES   

         8        From Tangshan to Wenchuan: Human Rights Practice of Chinese Characteristics  

                  BY XIA LI      

        13        "The Iron Army from Wumeng"   

                   —One Story about Chinese Soldiers in Sichuan Earthquake    BY SHUANG SHI

        16        SICA Joins the War against HIV/AIDS     BY WEN CHIHUA

ACADEMIA   

        18        Universal Periodic Review: Development of the United Nations's Human Rights Monitoring

                  Mechanism    BY JIANG GUOQING        

        21        Public Participation and Human Rights Guarantee    BY XIONG LEI

LAWS & LAW ENFORCEMENT  

        24        The Progress and Analysis of Women's Human Rights Protection in the Legislation 2007 in China     BY LI MINGSHUN

        30        The International Protection of Women's Human Rights: with Emphasis on UN Convention on the

                  Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women     BY BAI ZHONGHONG

ETHNIC GROUPS & RELIGION 

        34        Non-formal Education Bails Out Impoverished Ethnic Youth     BY ZUO YUANFENG  

        36        As a Tibetan Chinese,I Feel Shamed by Some of My Compatriots    BY WUDIGE

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