Death Penalty for China Drug Official (Time Magazine)


China's food and drug crackdown (Los Angeles Times)
A former official's death sentence in a bribery case is a reflection of increasing pressure to keep unsafe products off the market. BEIJING By the standards of Chinese corruption cases, the $832,000 that the former head of the State Food and Drug Administration was charged with skimming over a seven-year period was not huge. But the death sentence given in the bribery case Tuesday reflected ...