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/ 15 September 2008
China reported on Monday the death of a second infant from tainted milk powder in a growing scandal that prompted an official product recall.
Attackers killed 16 police in a restive western region of China on Monday, in just the sort of violence Beijing had hoped to avoid.
Haze that has covered Beijing for the last few days cleared on Tuesday as rain fell 10 days before the Olympics begin.
Olympic host city Beijing was shrouded in haze on Monday 11 days before the Games begin, raising anxieties about whether it can deliver clean skies.
World powers should heed the worries of African and Arab states in responding to genocide charges against Sudan’s president, China’s says.
China expressed ”grave concern” on Tuesday after the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor charged Sudan’s president with genocide in Darfur.
A senior Chinese security official said the Beijing Olympics are threatened by sabotage and unrest, state media said on Friday.
Chinese police have detained a retired teacher on subversion charges after she decried the state of many schools buildings that toppled.
Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed dozens of people across China, as officials struggle to move thousands of victims last month’s quake.
Grieving and angry parents on Thursday marked one month since China’s devastating earthquake toppled schools, apologising to their loved ones buried under the rubble.