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Lifestyle-product retailers are investing in new stores in China, as richer consumers continue to splurge on quality imports.
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Indonesia’s President Subianto calls for collaboration with China before US trip
The new leader reiterated Indonesia’s non-alignment after signing US$10 billion in new deals in Beijing, now bound for talks in Washington.
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What China is doing to make ports ‘smart’ and not prone to work stoppages
A unit of state-owned China Merchants Group is pushing a range of automation and digital technologies to make ports smarter.
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Trump strategist says realistic peace is priority in Ukraine: ‘Crimea is gone’
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