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Beijing police are investigating the death of a young girl who had been in the care of a man identified as a foreigner, the Beijing Times reports.
BEIJING
Probe into girl’s death
Beijing police are investigating the death of a young girl who had been in the care of a man identified as a foreigner, the Beijing Times reports. The girl, aged 8, was one of 11 Chinese children who had been in the man’s care illegally. She died in hospital from pneumonia and kidney failure. A doctor said she also had heart problems and was severely malnourished. The foreign man had cared for the children, most of them disabled, since 2004 without formally adopting them. The other children are now at a state facility for juveniles.
Lifetime responsibility
The Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has proposed that anyone who works on a construction project in the city could be held responsible for future problems with the buildings, the Beijing Times reports. If structural faults occur in a building before the end of its intended life, then staff – from building workers to architects, engineers and project managers – could be held accountable. The commission is seeking public opinion on the proposal.
HENAN
Money to burn
