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The Controversial Greening of Beijing: A gardener in Beijing's Tiantan Park said sadly, "Many trees that have stood for a thousand years are now dead." To cater for the growing habits of grasses imported from Europe and America, the park has had to introduce spray irrigation across large areas of its gardens. But although this might be exactly what the new grasses need, it has had an adverse effect on the native pines that have watched silently over the park for so many years.

China halts baby trafficking ring: Chinese police say they have broken up a criminal ring which was trafficking dozens of babies. They said they were investigating 95 people in the city of Hohhot, in China's inner Mongolian region. Eight people have been formally arrested.

China finally faces up to Aids: When it comes to Aids, attitudes in China are finally changing. There are to be no more lies and cover-ups. Frankness is the new watchword, and that comes right from the top. The top in this case is China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Powerful Quake Strikes Tibet; No Injuries: A powerful earthquake Monday struck an isolated mountainous region of western Tibet, and the government said there was no immediate information on deaths or injuries. The 6.7-magnitude quake struck an area in the Gangdise mountains inhabited mostly by nomadic herders.

China Confronts Consequences of Calories: or Chinese raised in an era of food rationing, with memories of days of grumbling, empty bellies, long food lines and dusty piles of winter cabbage, buying groceries these days is truly like being a kid in a candy shop.