BEIJING (BP)--Chinese authorities have filed new charges against a Christian bookstore owner who observers say is being unjustly persecuted by the government.

BEIJING (BP)--Shi Weihan, a Chinese bookstore owner in Beijing, has been rearrested for publishing Bibles and Christian literature during a time when a shortage of such materials has been reported in China.

BEIJING (BP)--Canadian diplomats, in a confidential report from Beijing, state that China is making "incremental progress" in human rights and may make "steady forward movement" in the future, according to The Globe and Mail newspaper.