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Sanlu chairwoman Tian Wenhua on trial in China
China dairies offer text apology
Chinese dairy firms involved in the tainted milk scandal beg for forgiveness in a New Year text message to millions.
Timeline: China milk scandal
James Reynolds' blog
Firms 'to pay milk victims'

Liu Xiaobo (file image courtesy of Reporters Without Borders) China's Liu 'under house arrest'
Top Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, not heard from since being detained early last month, is reportedly under house arrest.

Onlooker watches from behind a cordon at Santika nightclub Friday, 2 Jan, 2009, Thai police seek club blaze clues
Police investigate the cause of a fire in a Bangkok nightclub that killed 59 people, amid reports that fireworks were to blame.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
BBC Beijing correspondent James Reynolds Reynolds' China
Receiving a mass apology by text message
Cao Shanshan, a recent graduate Out of work
Chinese graduates will struggle to find jobs this year
Nick Bryant's Australia Nick Bryant's blog
Will Australians be going outside the flags in 2009?

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