PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3<br/> <br />At least one person died in the series of explosions outside a Communist party building in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan.<br/> <br />State media says another eight were wounded, one of them seriously.<br/> <br />The official Xinhua news agency says what appeared to be several small bombs went off.<br/> <br />There was no immediate explanation for the attack.<br/> <br />Government officials said police were investigating.<br/> <br />But such incidents aren't uncommon in China facing a widening gap between rich and poor and growing anger over corruption and environmental issues.<br/> <br />Last week five people died in Beijing when a car crashed into bystanders in Tiananmen Square and burst into flames.<br/> <br />That and this latest incident have come as China tightens security ahead of Saturday's meeting of top leaders to talk about key reforms.
