Yesterday, 10 interceptors were handed prison terms in Beijing for beating and illegally detaining petitioners in a "black jail" last year, however, the officials who hired them were not sentenced in court, China Youth Daily and ChinaDaily report.
Wang Tao, chief economist with UBS AG in China, told ChinaDaily on Tuesday that extensions of local-government debt already started last year amid concerns that municipalities were hurting from a sharp decline in housing development and fixed asset investments from Beijing.