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Japan’s atomic bomb survivors to accept Nobel Prize in Oslo

South Korea slaps travel bans on more top officials

Pentagon chief slams China’s ‘coercive behaviour’

Pentagon chief meets Japan PM on final Asia trip

The Taiwan Strait: crucial waterway and military flashpoint

Scam farms change tactics to avoid Philippine crackdown

Hong Kong and Shanghai’s China rally fades but Seoul rebounds

An early rally in Hong Kong and Shanghai stocks evaporated Tuesday with traders tempering initial excitement about China’s pledge to adopt a looser monetary policy as they awaited more details about the plan.Seoul, however, held on to gains after a healthy rebound that followed days of losses fuelled by the brief declaration of martial law …

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China’s shows of force against Taiwan

China’s Xi warns ‘no winners’ in trade war with US

China’s Xi warns ‘no winners’ in trade war with US

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that there would be “no winners” in a trade war with the United States and vowed the country would hit its growth goals for the year.Former US president Donald Trump — who returns to the White House next month — unleashed a gruelling trade war with China during his …

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