By Doug Cameron China’s Jade Cargo International Company Ltd. said Saturday that it had temporarily grounded its fleet of six Boeing 747 freighter planes because of weak demand. The joint venture between a unit of carrier Air China Ltd. and Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the latest victim of the slowdown in air cargo traffic...

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BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have jailed prominent lawyer and outspoken government critic Gao Zhisheng in a remote prison in the far western Xinjiang region, his brother said Sunday. The whereabouts of Gao, who earlier said he had been kidnapped and tortured by Chinese authorities, had been unknown for 20 months until state media...

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