Wild Panda Numbers Up, But Danger Persists: A recently concluded survey, begun in 1999, indicates that the number of giant pandas living in the wild has increased from 1,100 in the last survey (1985–1988) to over 1,590. The count does not include pandas under 18 months of age.
Baby Dies of Milk Malnutrition in China: One baby died and 20 were hospitalized with severe malnutrition in eastern China after drinking low-quality milk powder, a state newspaper said Wednesday, two months after a nationwide crackdown on fake infant formula. [Yahoo]
Private school for China's youngest: A small but growing number of China's emerging middle class are putting children as young as two in boarding kindergartens. Parents say they are too busy to look after them, or keen for them to get ahead. [BBC]
Chinese Man Sentenced for Internet Essays: A former Chinese civil servant was convicted Friday of subversion for posting political essays on the Internet, but the court imposed an unusually mild penalty of three years in prison and postponed the sentence for four years. [NYT]
Only 30% criminal cases solved in China last year: About 1.84 million criminal cases were solved by Chinese policemen last year, or 41.8 percent of the total 4.89 million filed criminal cases, said a senior official with the Ministry of Public Security on Thursday.
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