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• US food groups take plant-based burgers to China

  19-11-2019 23:00 via Asia-Pacific
  Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat target country’s growing demand for protein
  
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• Thousands join biggest protest in Bangkok since 2014 coup

  14-12-2019 14:26 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Thai anti-government rally held in response to ban on Future Forward opposition partyThousands of people joined the biggest protest in Bangkok since a 2014 coup on Saturday, after Thai authorities moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of the former military ruler Prayuth Chan-ocha.The demonstration, called a day earlier by the Future Forward party leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a 41-year-old billionaire, was reminiscent of the street protests that have roiled
  
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• Bangkok stages biggest anti-government protest since 2014 coup

  14-12-2019 14:26 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Thailand demonstration called in response to ban on Future Forward opposition partyThousands of people joined Bangkok’s biggest protest since a 2014 coup on Saturday, after authorities in Thailand moved to ban a party that has rallied opposition to the government of former military ruler Prayuth Chan-ocha.The demonstration, called a day earlier by the Future Forward party leader, Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit, a 41-year-old billionaire, revived memories of the spasms of street protest that
  
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• Doubts raised over US claim of $40bn China farm purchases

  14-12-2019 12:00 via Asia-Pacific
  Trump administration says Beijing committed to higher imports as part of trade agreement
  
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• Beijing’s patriotic PC shift threatens foreign techs

  14-12-2019 12:00 via Asia-Pacific
  Push to use Chinese-made computers in government offices also poses local challenge
  
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• North Korea claims successful 'crucial test' at long-range rocket site

  14-12-2019 11:35 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Pyongyang continues to pressurise Trump administration for concessionsNorth Korea has said it successfully performed another “crucial test” at its long-range rocket launch site that it claims will further strengthen its nuclear deterrent.The test possibly involved technologies to improve intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that could potentially reach the continental US. Related: US warns North Korea of consequences of missile test 'Christmas gift’Continue reading...
  
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• Five Hong Kong teenagers arrested over death of man during protests

  14-12-2019 08:50 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  The three males and two females face charges over the killing of a 70-year-old who was hit with a brick during disturbances in NovemberFive Hong Kong teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a man hit on the head by a brick during clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters last month, police have said.The three males and two females aged 15 to 18 were arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder, rioting and wounding and had been detained pending further investigation,
  
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• New Zealand volcano: 21-year-old Australian is first recovered victim to be named

  14-12-2019 06:17 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Krystal Browitt was on White Island with her father and sister when the eurption occurred Krystal Browitt, the 21-year-old Melbourne woman missing since the White Island volcano eruption, has become the first victim to be identified by police from the six bodies recovered from the island on Friday.Browitt was on the island with her sister Stephanie and her father Paul when the volcano erupted. Stephanie is in a coma in hospital with her mother, Marie, who stayed on board their cruise ship instea
  
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• White Island volcano eruption: police divers search sea for missing bodies

  14-12-2019 03:14 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Operation resumes in waters around New Zealand’s Whakaari but police rule out resumption of ground search Police and navy divers have returned to the waters around New Zealand’s White Island where authorities are increasingly convinced a seventh and eighth body could be found following Monday’s volcanic eruption.But there was no resumption of the ground search on Saturday as authorities consider the next steps in their retrieval operation. Related: White Island volcano eruption
  
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• Huawei draws Hong Kong-style blowback

  14-12-2019 02:20 via Asia-Pacific
  Company’s critics in China cite demonstrations, camera tech, Xbox Series X
  
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• Publisher’s detention puts Sweden at odds with China

  14-12-2019 00:00 via Asia-Pacific
  Recall of ambassador underscores tensions between the two countries
  
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• A victory lap for investors

  13-12-2019 22:19 via Asia-Pacific
  Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets
  
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• US stocks eke out record after China reveals trade deal progress

  13-12-2019 22:18 via Asia-Pacific
  China agrees to gradual reduction in tariffs as part of ‘phase one’ trade deal with US
  
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• US and China strike deal to de-escalate trade war

  13-12-2019 21:46 via Asia-Pacific
  Beijing pledges to buy $200bn of goods while Washington scales back some tariffs
  
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• US stocks flat after China reveals trade deal progress

  13-12-2019 20:05 via Asia-Pacific
  China agrees to gradual reduction in tariffs as part of ‘phase one’ trade deal with US
  
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• 'Nothing short of miraculous': the long road ahead for injured survivors of White Island

  13-12-2019 20:00 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Recovery won’t be easy for the Australians burned in the New Zealand volcano disaster, but some of the world’s best specialists are on hand to helpAs families of the Australian survivors of the New Zealand volcano disaster wait anxiously on their loved ones’ prognosis, there will be a small comfort in knowing that some of the world’s best plastic surgeons and burns specialists will lead their care as they return home for treatment.Specialist paramedics travelled to New Ze
  
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• Merkel under pressure over Huawei role in German 5G rollout

  13-12-2019 18:21 via Asia-Pacific
  Lawmakers in Berlin agree draft bill that would in effect exclude Chinese supplier
  
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• US and China reach trade deal to lower some tariffs

  13-12-2019 17:21 via Asia-Pacific
  Trump hails ‘amazing’ agreement but officials in Beijing and Washington offer few specifics
  
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• US stocks hit record highs after China reveals trade deal progress

  13-12-2019 16:48 via Asia-Pacific
  China agrees to gradual reduction in tariffs as part of ‘phase one’ trade deal with US
  
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• China says it has reached ‘phase one’ trade deal with US

  13-12-2019 16:29 via Asia-Pacific
  Measures designed to ease tensions between Washington and Beijing
  
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• Around the world in a day, without leaving Shenzhen – a photo essay

  13-12-2019 13:00 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  For Chinese tourists who cannot travel, the Window of the World theme park offers versions of 130 global attractions. Photojournalist Anthony Micallef took a whistlestop tour More than 3 million visitors a year flock to the Window of the World theme park in the megacity of Shenzhen to see 130 copies of the world’s largest tourist sites gathered in a single place.For Chinese tourists who may not be able to travel out of the country this is their only chance of seeing the New York skyline, t
  
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• Riots break out in India against contentious citizenship law

  13-12-2019 11:35 via Asia-Pacific
  
  Fury erupts in north-eastern states over fears illegal migrants would settle permanently in the region
  
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• Chinese P2P executive disappears as offices raided

  13-12-2019 11:07 via Asia-Pacific
  Li Yonghui’s family believe he has been detained in latest sign of crackdown on sector
  
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• Chinese P2P executive disappears as company offices raided

  13-12-2019 11:07 via Asia-Pacific
  Li Yonghui’s family believe he has been detained in latest sign of crackdown on sector
  
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• What became of the great Pacific pumice raft?

  13-12-2019 09:42 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  It captured the world’s imagination when it appeared in the middle of the ocean – but where did it come from, and where is it going?It floated into the collective consciousness in August, twice the size of Manhattan and probably powerful enough to exfoliate the feet of the entire world. The giant Pacific Ocean pumice raft was as mysterious as it was vast.The world only knew of its existence thanks to Michael Hoult and Larissa Brill, two Australians who sailed into it while travelling
  
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• Two heavy clouds over global economic growth are lifting

  13-12-2019 09:17 via Asia-Pacific
  Investors should not get carried away with the UK election result and US-China trade pact
  
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• Huawei critics in China inspired by Hong Kong protests

  13-12-2019 08:05 via Asia-Pacific
  Online posts attacking company cite city’s demonstrations in worrying move for Beijing
  
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• 'I hate Isis': uprooted survivors of Marawi siege long to return home

  13-12-2019 08:00 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Two years after their city on the Philippine island of Mindanao was liberated, tens of thousands of people driven from their homes remain in limboThousands of survivors of an Islamic State siege in the Philippines are stuck in makeshift dwellings more than two years after their city was liberated, with many forced to drink contaminated water despite the presence of EU-funded aid agencies.They were among an estimated 350,000 people driven from their homes when Islamist fighters seized control of
  
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• White Island volcano eruption: how the bodies were recovered

  13-12-2019 07:33 via Asia Pacific | The Guardian
  
  Soldiers wearing protective clothing and breathing equipment endured heat stress and threat of another eruption in high-risk operationA team of six New Zealand soldiers wearing breathing apparatus and special fire-retardant suits battled heat stress as they recovered six of the victims of the Whakaari/White Island volcano eruption, the military said on Friday.The Defence Force revealed that the painstaking operation consisted of three two-person teams deployed on the ash-strewn island at about 8
  
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• Japanese business sentiment sours for fourth straight quarter

  13-12-2019 07:07 via Asia-Pacific
  Confidence among large manufacturers suffers longest slide since 2008-09
  
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