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China to step up Lunar New Year food inspections (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 03:49 AM CST AP - Chinese regulators announced stepped up food safety inspections Monday ahead of the country's biggest holiday, Lunar New Year, in continuing efforts to crack down on the poorly regulated manufacturing industry.

China plans $1.2 billion helicopter factory (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:55 AM CST AP - China's main government aircraft company is building a $1.2 billion helicopter factory, a state news agency reported Monday, reflecting Beijing's determination to create a civilian aerospace industry despite a slump in global demand.

China's premier Wen says stimulus showing results (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:49 AM CST AP - Premier Wen Jiabao says China's efforts to break out of an economic slump amid global turmoil are starting to show results, with the economy performing better than expected in December, state radio reported.

China shares mixed on pledge to spur economy (AP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 02:28 AM CST AP - Chinese shares were mixed Monday after the premier promised more efforts to boost economic growth, while Disney Corp.'s plans for a Shanghai theme park lifted shares in developers there.

China 2008 auto sales growth slows to eight percent: state media (AFP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 01:31 AM CST AFP - Sales of vehicles in China rose about eight percent to 9.4 million units in 2008, less than half the growth rate for the previous year, state media reported Monday, citing an industry group.

China says 296,000 children fell ill from tainted milk (AFP) Posted: 12 Jan 2009 12:05 AM CST AFP - China said Monday that a total of 296,000 children had fallen ill from consuming dairy products tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, up 2,000 from the previous official count.

China Eastern: fuel hedging loss $900 million (AP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 11:35 PM CST AP - China Eastern Airlines, one of the country's largest carriers, said it faces a "significant loss" for 2008 after fuel price hedges turned bad to the tune of 6.2 billion yuan ($906 million).

Would-be Chinese bride, 107, seeks first husband (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 11:27 PM CST Reuters - A 107-year-old Chinese woman who was afraid to marry when she was young has decided to look for her first husband and hopes to find a fellow centenarian so they will have something to talk about, a Chinese paper reported.

Chinese automakers face headwinds to US sales (AP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 11:15 PM CST AP - Chinese automakers looking to make the jump to the key U.S. market are facing increasingly strong headwinds, including a global financial crisis that has slowed growth where they already sell cars and sapped the potential for partnerships that would ease their expansion.

Disney says it will submit Shanghai park plans to Beijing (AFP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 11:11 PM CST AFP - The Walt Disney Co. entertainment giant said Monday it is preparing to submit plans to the Chinese government to build a theme park in Shanghai, but stressed no deal had been agreed with Beijing.

China Eastern Airlines to post 'significant loss' for 2008 (AFP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 10:14 PM CST AFP - China Eastern Airlines, the country's third largest carrier, on Monday warned it expected to post a "significant loss" for 2008 due to fewer passengers and bad bets on fuel hedging contracts.

China to launch pre-New Year food safety campaign (Reuters) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 09:55 PM CST Reuters - China will launch a pre-Lunar New Year crackdown on food safety, the Health Ministry said on Monday, focusing on illegal use of additives after a milk scandal last year killed at least six babies and made thousands sick.

The grandma who took on AIDS (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 09:13 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - She’s been dubbed “Grandma Courage.”

China's future execs seek their inner chicken (AP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 10:23 AM CST AP - Amena Schlaijker makes her students cluck like chickens, mimic a toothbrush, jump up and down or pretend to die an agonizing death.

China seizes man suspected of killing 8 people (AP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 07:55 AM CST AP - Police in central China seized a man suspected of killing eight people, including a 2-year-old boy who was slain with an ax, state media reported Sunday.

'Five killed, nine injured' in China fireworks blast (AFP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 07:50 AM CST AFP - At least five people were killed and nine others were injured on Sunday in an explosion at a fireworks factory in southern China's Guangdong province, state media reported.

China shuts down 50 more porn Web sites in sweep (AP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 06:26 AM CST AP - Chinese authorities shut down another 50 Web sites containing pornography and other vulgar content, bringing to 91 the number of sites that have been closed in less than a week, state media reported Sunday.

China shuts 91 sites in porn crackdown: state media (AFP) Posted: 11 Jan 2009 04:59 AM CST AFP - China shut down 50 additional websites over the weekend as authorities crack down on online porn, ordering Internet giants such as Google to cut links with such material, state-run media said Sunday.

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