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Chinese savers stashed away $2.6 trillion last year but property crash will cool ‘revenge spending’
Hong Kong CNN — Even for a country famously frugal, the Chinese saved a lot last year. Stuck at home…
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Landmark national security trial of Hong Kong democracy activists begins. Here’s what you need to know
Hong Kong CNN — Some are seasoned politicians and veteran protest leaders. Others are academics, unionists, and healthcare workers. They…
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She used hidden cameras to help students cheat exams. Now she’s wanted by Interpol
CNN — Think of the phrase “international hunt” and the image that might come to your mind is that of…
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Hong Kong and Macao will fully reopen borders with mainland China
Hong Kong CNN — China will fully reopen its borders with the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao…
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Blinken under pressure to push China on role in lethal fentanyl trade when he visits Beijing
CNN — Members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure China to do more to limit…
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China’s cities are struggling to pay their bills from three years of Covid and a real estate crash
Hong Kong CNN — three years Strict pandemic control in China and a real estate crash has drained the locality…
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Jin Tian cargo ship capsizes off coast of Japan with 22 aboard
Tokyo CNN — Nine crew members still missing after a cargo ship capsized Japanese Nagasaki Prefecture on Wednesday, the Japan…
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China’s zero-Covid protesters joined a vigil in Beijing. Then their lives were turned upside down
CNN — When one by one, the friends of a young woman living in Beijing began disappearing — detained by…
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Why are South Koreans losing faith in America’s nuclear umbrella?
Seoul CNN — They have them, so we need them. That is the basic argument for the Koreans who want…
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