China widens kindergarten lead poisoning probe as central government weighs in

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
China has expanded the probe into a kindergarten lead poisoning scandal that has shocked the nation, with the central government getting
involved in a rare intervention in a provincial investigation. On Saturday night the authorities in Gansu said the investigation would be
led by provincial leaders working alongside a task force from the State Council, the country’s cabinet. Last week, Chinese media reported
that 233 of 251 children at the kindergarten in Tianshui, a second-tier city in the...