China says it is "deeply shocked" by the death of German Ambassador to China Jan Hecker just a few weeks into his new position. It calls for the "immediate release" of Guinea President Conde after the Guinean special forces seized power in a coup. It also hits back at accusations of arbitrary detention of two Canadian men being held in China, saying that Spavor and Kovrig's cases were being "handled in accordance with the law" and that their "legal rights and interests have received full protection." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES