The BBC tries to follow up on reports of mass lead poisoning of children in Shaanxi, but finds a media blackout has been imposed on the town: Madaokou village has been quarantined, not from the lead poisoning that has sickened...
For China Media Project, Qian Gang writes about domestic coverage of the recent lead poisoning case in Shaanxi: The story began when villagers reached a local metro newspaper, Sanqin Metropolitan Daily (三秦都市报), with their...
From a column from Forbes: What gets Chinese people out in the streets demonstrating every time? Forcing parents to abide by a one-child policy, and then letting someone kill the one child to save a buck. That is what happened...
Following protests by parents angered by endemic lead poisoning in an area surrounding a smelting plant, the local mayor has apologized to residents, temporarily closed down the plant, and promised to relocate hundreds of...
Angry residents have stormed the smelting plant that is responsible for the sickness of hundreds of children. Reuters reports: Monday’s protests began after news spread around villagers that the poisoning had sparked a...
BBC reports that a lead smelting plant has been blamed for the poisoning of hundreds of children in Shaanxi: Tests showed 615 of 731 children in two villages in Changqing township had excessive lead levels in their blood. Lead...
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