Another deadly blaze strikes Beijing as evictions draw fury
(WorldNews China)

BEIJING (AP) -- Five people died in an east Beijing fire, underscoring the challenges for the Chinese capital as it struggles to balance building safety with providing housing for its poor. Local media reported that the residents of Chaoyang district died before dawn Wednesday after electric bike batteries plugged into a home-rigged charging system caught fire and belched noxious fumes into a three-story apartment building. The accident came a month after an inferno killed 19 in south Beijing's Daxing district, prompting a controversial safety campaign that included the sudden...