China's deadly trade in fake drugs
The former head of China's Food and Drug Administration found guilty of taking bribes to licence fake drugs has been executed.
The execution is a dramatic show of the Chinese government's determination to rescue its reputation after a series of scandals involving unsafe products.
Last year 10 people died after taking fake antibiotics in Eastern China; more recently attention has turned to counterfeit drugs and contaminated foods exported around the world.
The World Health Organisation estimates that 10 per cent of drugs in...
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