[aaronharnly]

That’s a headline style called the “noun pile”, at which the BBC excels. This one is tame by their standards (but I agree it’s jarring to put “China” and “Man” together that way).

The Language Log describes them here:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1206

And lots more examples:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?cat=277

Choice examples:

“China Ferrari sex orgy death crash”

“Brighton photo studio jobs misery”

[lioeters]

Thanks, I learned something new today: "noun pile-ups" allow the insertion of many key words into a small slot. It's something I've noticed unconsciously, but now I can recognize it. Interesting that the practice is more prevalent in the British press.