The death toll from last week's explosion during a concert at a water park in New Taipei was likely to rise as more than 200 seriously injured people remain in intensive care units, a doctor has warned.

For nearly two decades it was one of China's best-kept secrets but now Hong Kong-based businessman Xu Zengping is breaking his silence and unmasking the PLA masterminds behind the purchase of what became the country's first aircraft carrier.

Police in Beijing have detained a man for allegedly selling and posting "fabricated information" to an overseas news website.