China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing foreign ministry official said on Tuesday.
The arrests are a sensitive issue for China, which would want to defuse any issue that could stoke popular resentment against its citizens doing business in Africa or threaten its expanding trade relationship with the continent.

The Ministry of Public Security will launch a six-month nationwide crackdown on internet crimes, mainly targeting hackers and illegal activities which infringe on individual privacy, state media reported yesterday.

The Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued the document to clarify the criteria for convictions for environmental crimes, court spokesman Sun Jungong said. The tightened rules were expected to help environment officials obtain harsher penalties for offenders.

Measures to ensure the welfare of those already in private orphanages have also been introduced following an accident in which six abandoned children, living in unsuitable conditions, died in a fire in Henan early this year. The tragedy alerted authorities to the problems unofficial adoptions of abandoned babies can cause.