Eight people have been arrested in China after more than 200 children in the northwestern province of Gansu were found to have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

More than 200 children in a Chinese kindergarten have been hospitalised with lead poisoning after unknowingly eating inedible paint which was used to decorate their food.