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From our Correspondent Chairman Mao once made used of the proverb "A spark can ignite a fire to engulf the grassland" to describe the anarchic Red Guards at the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1969. Forty years later, his words are not lost on his successors as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) moved in quickly to sack... 

STUDENTS as young as 13 are getting high on cannabis, Ecstasy and ketamine, not just outside schools, but under their teachers' very noses in class. Even worse, the New Sunday Times found that female students, who don't have the money, have sex with the pushers for a free supply of drugs. Students claim the drugs help them relax... 

By James T. Areddy from Wall Street Journal China's government on Monday offered public encouragement to state-owned companies challenging foreign banks over huge losses from derivative contracts, a move that bankers say has raised the risks of dealing with some of China's largest enterprises. Some of China's biggest airlines...