China says doping a concern at grassroots level
399763
Chinese officials on Wednesday praised the country's anti-doping infrastructure as world-class, but conceded wiping out grassroots substance abuse remained a challenge before next year's Beijing Olympics.
153927
China's state sports system certainly has its critics but many of those who have benefited from it are convinced it remains the secret of their country's sporting success.
690073
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) chief Dick Pound warned countries and sports which do not comply with the anti-doping code could be banned from the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
760359
World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound warned Friday that "more than a handful" of Olympic sports have failed to comply with anti-doping rules, endangering their place in future games.
220002
Foreign media reports on China's food and drug safety problems have hurt exports even though they have been hyped up and domestic media should help by showing the "real situation", an official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
718954
There are signs for optimism in China's fight against HIV/AIDS such as growing use of anti-retrovirals, but harassment of civil society activists remains a worry, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
159212
China's senior safety inspector urged the public and the media Tuesday to expose workplace accidents in a bid to end corruption and official misdeeds aggravating the country's high rate of work deaths.
381196
China's intelligence services are gearing up for next year's Beijing Olympics, gathering information on foreigners who might mount protests and spoil the nation's moment in the spotlight.
319589
Chinese Communist Party leaders are to hold a key meeting amid fears that corruption is undermining their rule. The 198 members of the party&#39;s elite Central Committee will gather behind closed doors to discuss moves to improve party governance.
116720
A state-owned Chinese company is at the center of a scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed by contaminated drugs.
3042
Weightlifting&#39;s aggressive pursuit of drug cheaters will continue even if it jeopardizes its future in the Olympics, its top official said yesterday following six more positive doping cases in what is again becoming the Games&#39; dirtiest sport. Five ...
429218
BEIJING, Dec. 19 -- China's new National Bureau of Corruption Prevention thought it would be a good idea to open a Web site for citizens to denounce crooked officials. The idea was so good that the site was immediately deluged this week by irate Chinese, overwhelming the system and causing several...
83853
China is investigating a state-owned trading company's role in tainted medicine that killed at least 94 people in Panama, an official said Monday, as the European Union urged Beijing to be more vigilant about product safety.
441111
The government and UK Sport must do more to make sure doping does not turn London's 2012 Olympics into a national embarrassment, said a report on Thursday.
247478
A Chinese Communist Party official on Wednesday promised a "clean" 2008 Olympics, one day after the party expelled the Beijing vice mayor in charge of Olympic construction projects, accusing him of bribery and other charges, state media said.
292339
Pampered pigs or processed pork? Farm-fresh or greenhouse grown? With China's food supplies under scrutiny following a series of health and safety scares, Chinese officials are taking no chances for the Olympic Games this August.
572926
PHOENIX, United States  - Major League Baseball Players Association chief Don Fehr said that discussions have started with owners upon the framework for a tougher anti-doping policy that could be ready next season.