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Man stabs 22 children at China primary school

A man stabbed 22 primary school students in a knife attack in China on Friday, officials said, the latest in a series of assaults. The attacker “has been detained”, said a spokesman for the Guangshan county government in the central province of Henan, where the stabbing happened. “Twenty-two elementary school…

China coal mine blast kills 29: media

A gas explosion at a coal mine in central China has killed 29 miners, according to state media, the latest in a series of deadly accidents to hit the country’s mining industry. Some 35 miners were working in the state-owned mine at the time of the blast, which happened early…

China shuts some Wal-Mart stores over ‘green pork’

Authorities in southwest China have closed a number of Wal-Mart stores after they were found to be selling pork falsely labelled as organic, the US retail giant and state media said on Monday. Investigators found 10 Wal-Mart stores and two Trust-Mart outlets owned by the US company in the mega-city Chongqing had been selling regular pork…