Man gets death in China brickworks slavery scandal
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China sentenced a man to death and jailed another 28 people for up to life on Tuesday for their roles in a massive slavery and child labor scandal involving scorching brickworks.
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A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said on Thursday.
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China has punished dozens of officials for allowing slave-like exploitation of workers and children in brick kilns, but announced criminal investigations against only six.
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China executes a prominent Christian sect leader after he was convicted of murdering rivals, reports say.
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BEIJING: At least 56 workers were killed and a further 100 were trapped after one of the worst coalmine disasters in China&#39;s recent history, an official said Thursday.
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Fourteen coal miners died at the   weekend in two separate accidents, while the death toll at a   third pit climbed to nine, underscoring China's reputation as   the world's deadliest mining industry.
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A former department head at China's drug regulation agency was sentenced to death Friday on charges of bribery, as U.S. regulators ordered a recall of three more Chinese-made products deemed dangerous to children.
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Thirty-one workers are rescued from a brickworks in China, where they were held as virtual slaves.
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China sentenced a man to life in jail  on Thursday for running what state media called the country's  biggest ever pirate film disc smuggling ring.
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At least 56 workers have been killed and nearly 100 were missing feared dead after one of the worst coal mine disasters in China's recent history
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BEIJING : Thirty-three workers have been killed in the latest gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine, once again highlighting the appalling safety standards blighting the industry.
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BEIJING, June 21 -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Chinese officials reported that a man died after a three-day gaming binge in a southern Chinese internet cafe.
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A Chinese engineer held hostage by al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan was killed on Thursday but his colleague was rescued in a commando assault that killed their five kidnappers, officials said.
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The death toll from a fire in several interconnected iron mines in Hebei Province has risen to 57, rescue officials said. The bodies of 49 miners killed in the fire, most of whom
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BEIJING Eight miners have been killed in a fire that broke out in a complex of iron mines in northern China. State media says Chinese rescuers are struggling to find 79 more miners still trapped.
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BEIJING - A Chinese business executive was sentenced to death for swindling $385 million from investors in a bogus ant-breeding scheme, a court official said Thursday.