Jul 3, 2008 09:47
Members of the police staff from China's 20 provinces stand with their dogs at a training base in Beijing, July 2, 2008.
China has been 95 percent self-sufficient in regard to food supply in recent years, Li said.
Officials in Guizhou province have admitted that residents of Weng'an county have been harboring social grievances, following a violent protest over the weekend sparked by the death of a 17-year-old girl in the county.
Du Qinglin, head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with private representatives of the 14th Dalai Lama in Beijing recently, the department said on Thursday.


Test results on whether a 17-year-old girl was raped will be made known within three days. Li Shufen committed suicide and her death led to riots in Weng'an on Saturday.


Five police officers have been confirmed dead after a man stormed into a district public security bureau office Tuesday morning and stabbed 10 people, Eastday.com reported.