China’s State Council has approved a proposal to allow overseas visitors transiting via Beijing to stay in the capital for up to 72 hours without a visa.
Several separate incidents of tainted school food in two Chinese provinces during September have resulted in one death and hundreds of students being sent to hospitals.
The day after the high-profile trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Party official Bo Xilai, a Hong Kong reporter was beaten by plainclothes police while attempting to report on arrests outside the court. Uniformed police looked the other way.
China’s State Council has approved a proposal to allow overseas visitors transiting via Beijing to stay in the capital for up to 72 hours without a visa.
Several separate incidents of tainted school food in two Chinese provinces during September have resulted in one death and hundreds of students being sent to hospitals.
The day after the high-profile trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced Party official Bo Xilai, a Hong Kong reporter was beaten by plainclothes police while attempting to report on arrests outside the court. Uniformed police looked the other way.