Posted: 09/04/2010 at 1:22pm
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Teachers in Yunan province (shown in red)are being trained with abstinence education materials from Focus on the Family. | Focus on the Family Abstinence Materials Officially Welcomed in Communist China
by William Wan, The Washington Post
KUNMING, CHINA - In Yunnan schools this year, teachers are being trained with a sex education curriculum created by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. The agreement with the Yunnan ministry of education is a milestone for Focus on the Family, which has struggled for four years to make inroads on abstinence in China.
It is also the result of a narrow confluence of interests: Evangelical Christian groups want an entree into China. And Chinese authorities, despite the country's official atheism, want help with controlling population growth and managing the society's rapidly shifting values.
Officials in Yunnan said Focus on the Family's message of abstinence resonated with the province's conservative leadership.
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Edited by News Editor on 09/04/2010 at 1:29pm
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