The spectacular and fatal crash of a Ferrari in Beijing in March 2012 quickly came to symbolize the decadent lifestyle of the children of the Chinese Communist Party’s elite. Recently, Chinese netizens and others have raised grave doubts about the widely publicized account of hijinks turned deadly, and a Hong Kong magazine has quoted high-level sources in Beijing as saying the crash was in fact political murder.
Chinese authorities have rounded up and arrested more than 2,500 private detectives across the country, charging them with illegally sourcing and distributing private data, in a crackdown that analysts believe is politically motivated.
China’s state-run media reported in February that a drug used for reducing fever could lead to death in children. Yet, it is still available in many pharmacies in China.