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491,000 Japan-bound air tickets cancelled as China warns people to avoid travel amid spat

Chinese airlines have recorded about 491,000 cancellations of tickets to Japan since Saturday – roughly 32 per cent of their…

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Ashfall cancels flights, Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts

A volcano on Japan’s major western island of Kyushu erupted multiple times on Sunday This general view shows the 1,117-meter…

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Naraoka wins in Kumamoto for first title in two years

World number 10 beat Kenta Nishimoto 21-11, 10-21, 21-15 to end two-year title drought TOKYO: Japan’s Kodai Naraoka won his…

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Hong Kong stocks slide most in a week on soft China economic data, fading US rate cut bets

Hong Kong stocks fell by the most in a week, triggered by China’s sluggish economic data, uncertainty over an interest-rate…

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Hong Kong stocks fall from 1-month high as investors await Tencent earnings, China data

Hong Kong stocks retreated from a one-month high on Thursday as investors held off bets ahead of quarterly results from…

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Explainer | How China’s rare earth leverage works – limits, risks and global responses

The weaponisation of critical materials was not a bridge that Beijing crossed in the early years of its trade war…

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The View | Trump-Xi summit a strategic turning point in US-China rivalry

Late last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump reached a trade truce in Busan, South Korea,…

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As more of China becomes ‘moderately aged’, how will its economy change?

Early in the morning in cities across China, groups of people gather in public squares, moving as one in slow,…

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China, US suspend rival port fees in latest trade war thaw

China has suspended retaliatory port fees on US-linked vessels for one year, following Washington’s pause of similar charges under its…

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From record rent to retreat: Hong Kong’s currency exchange shops have become a dying breed

Currency exchange shops, once a ubiquitous feature of Hong Kong’s retail landscape, are in a gradual, irreversible decline, with their…

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