'Drunk' baby taken to hospital after breast feeding on drunk mom

BEIJING: A 3-month-old baby had to be rushed to a hospital and treated for "drunkenness" in Southwest China's Chongqing city. The child was brought to the hospital by its mother after she found his baby's face had turned red and hot, and she felt that he was developing high fever.

At the hospital, a doctor confirmed the baby had become drunk after feeding on breast milk. The baby's mother, Zhang Xin, had taken about half a liter of liquor at a party before nursing the hungry and crying baby, the China News Service said. The doctor said the baby must have been affected by the liquor consumed by the mother.

Breast feeding has proved controversial in certain Chinese provinces in recent months. Some businessmen in south China were reported to be paying high prices to drink milk directly from the breast of women who earned good income out of the venture.

Another controversy involved online sales of homemade "breast milk beauty soap" with sellers claiming that they were made from real breast milk taken from donors. Stalls on online Taobao website claimed the soap protects and whitens the skin of the users.

Some doctors reacted to the online advertising advising people not to trust the claims, and warning them that using such products might result in dangerous bacteria being transferred onto the skin of the users.

The public transport system in Jinhua city of Zhejiang province made news recently by creating a separate, curtained seat for breast feeding mothers. The Jinhua No.2 Public Bus Operation Company explained that women with babies will be given priority but the seat could be used by anyone if no breastfeeding mother was on the bus. 

8 killed, 12 hurt in China land dispute

BEIJING: China saw one of the bloodiest clashes over land dispute that left eight people dead and 12 injured in a suburb of the southwestern city of Kunming on Tuesday. Reports from the Jinning suburb said armed men in black uniforms attacked villagers some people to evict them from their lands. 

Chinese official media said the clashes involved over 3,000 people, which included 1,000 odd attackers and 2,000 local residents angry after two of them were killed. Postings on Chinese social media sites indicate people in a villagers captured and burnt alive some of the attackers. Chinese social media site, Weibo, carried pictures showing burnt bodies of several men in blue uniforms with their hands and legs bound. The photos showed some were carrying shields with the word "police" on them. A portable tear gas launcher was also visible. But the authenticity of the pictures could not be independently verified.The county government said issued a statement saying it was a clash between construction workers and residents, but The conflict broke out in Fuyou village, where a trading and logistics centre is being built, it said. The dead included six workers and two villagers. 

But villagers said it was conducted by hired thugs sent by a land developer trying to evict them of their lands. The attackers came in black uniform bearing shields bearing police symbols. They also used knives, steel pipes and tear gas. 

One report cited a resident surnamed Gao, who said over 2,000 local residents bandied together to capture and kill some of the attackers after two of the villagers lost their lives. Another report said villagers fought back by settling a supply of gas on fire but did not explain how it worked. 

The Jinning county government said the police reached the village immediately after receiving reports about the violence and helped the injured

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