Yahoo! News: World - China

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• China steps up air safety checks after crash (AFP)
• Author takes on China's premier, aware that free speech has a cost (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Summary Box: China's ICBC 1H profit up 27 percent (AP)
• N.Korea leader 'makes visit to China' (AFP)
• Summary Box: PetroChina 1H profit up 29 percent (AP)
• Summary Box: China brands use foreign celebrities (AP)
• China wants Philippine hostage probe results quickly (Reuters)
• China Life says no recent talks with AIA (Reuters)
• Boeing to double China factory workforce: media (AFP)
• Air China says first-half profit up 60 percent (AP)
• Embraer's reputation hit by China crash: experts (AFP)
• Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan (AFP)
• South Africa wants to join so-called BRIC nations (AP)
• China Life first-half profit up 7.4 percent (AP)
• Kim Jong-Il may be visiting China: S.Korea official (AFP)

China steps up air safety checks after crash (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:02 PM PDT AFP - China stepped up nationwide checks of its fast-growing airline fleet Thursday as a top aviation official defended the safety of a remote, forested airport where a plane crash killed 42 people.

Author takes on China's premier, aware that free speech has a cost (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 01:32 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BEIJING — Yu Jie has picked a fight with the Communist Party of China, and if state security forces haul him away in the dark of night, there will be no one to stop them. It's a risk Yu took knowingly when he wrote a book published this month that slammed the country's prime minister as an "actor" shilling for an authoritarian government.

Summary Box: China's ICBC 1H profit up 27 percent (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:20 AM PDT AP - RESULTS: Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world's biggest bank by market value, said its first-half profit jumped 27 percent as interest income surged following a lending boom last year.

N.Korea leader 'makes visit to China' (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:17 AM PDT AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was believed to be visiting key ally China on Thursday, possibly with his youngest son and presumed successor, officials, media reports and Chinese residents said.

Summary Box: PetroChina 1H profit up 29 percent (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:12 AM PDT AP - GROWTH: PetroChina Ltd., China's biggest oil and gas producer, said its first-half profit rose 29 percent as higher oil prices helped to offset weaker margins in its refining business.

Summary Box: China brands use foreign celebrities (AP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT AP - STARRY-EYED: To reach worldly young Chinese consumers, the country's new and ambitious brands are scouring the globe for athletes, film stars and other celebrity spokespeople to represent their products.

China wants Philippine hostage probe results quickly (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:50 AM PDT Reuters - China called on the Philippines on Thursday to quickly release the findings of a probe into the death of eight Hong Kong tourists during a bus hijacking earlier this week.

China Life says no recent talks with AIA (Reuters) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 03:29 AM PDT Reuters - China Life (2628.HK), the world's most valuable insurer, said it has not held talks with AIG since March, despite reports it may be part of a Chinese consortium that aims to buy 30 percent of AIA.

Boeing to double China factory workforce: media (AFP) Posted: 26 Aug 2010 12:08 AM PDT AFP - US aircraft maker Boeing plans to double the number of employees at its parts factory in northern China to keep up with renewed demand for planes, state media reported Thursday.

Air China says first-half profit up 60 percent (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:53 PM PDT AP - Air China Ltd., one of China's three major state-owned airlines, said Thursday its first-half profit rose 60 percent over a year earlier as passenger travel and cargo recovered from the global crisis.

Embraer's reputation hit by China crash: experts (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT AFP - Brazil's aircraft maker Embraer is in damage-limitation mode following the crash of one of its planes in China, experts told AFP Wednesday.

Wired youth forget how to write in China and Japan (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 10:27 PM PDT AFP - Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system.

South Africa wants to join so-called BRIC nations (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:56 PM PDT AP - South Africa wants to be considered among the leaders of the developing world along with Brazil, Russia, India and China, its president said, pushing for membership of a grouping that has growing global influence.

China Life first-half profit up 7.4 percent (AP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 08:10 PM PDT AP - China Life Insurance Co., the country's biggest life insurer, said Thursday its first-half profit rose 7.4 percent as premium growth offset weak stock market returns.

Kim Jong-Il may be visiting China: S.Korea official (AFP) Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:30 PM PDT AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il may have left for China Thursday in what would be his second trip there this year, South Korean officials said.

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