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Huawei phone sales plunge, cutbacks planned as US pressure bites
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Huawei phone sales plunge, cutbacks planned as US pressure bites

Huawei’s founder said Monday the Chinese telecom giant’s overseas smartphone sales have tumbled since the US last month threatened to…
Businesses clamor for Trump’s ear as $300 bn in new China tariffs loom
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Businesses clamor for Trump’s ear as $300 bn in new China tariffs loom

Washington is planning another tidal wave of tariffs on Chinese imports that represent a worst-case scenario for markets and major…
Defiance and hope in Hong Kong as police cede streets
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Defiance and hope in Hong Kong as police cede streets

In the thoroughfare where days ago protesters were fighting running battles, the police are nowhere to be seen, while black-clad…
Leaderless and livid: The youngsters on Hong Kong front lines
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Leaderless and livid: The youngsters on Hong Kong front lines

Young Hong Kongers who marshaled the fight against a police force that was armed with tear gas and rubber bullets…
Huge Hong Kong rally kicks off as public anger boils
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Huge Hong Kong rally kicks off as public anger boils

Tens of thousands of people rallied in central Hong Kong on Sunday as public anger seethed following unprecedented clashes between…
China’s largest ever Picasso exhibition opens
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China’s largest ever Picasso exhibition opens

The largest Picasso exhibition ever held in China opens on Saturday, featuring more than 100 works — many of them…
China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan
Middle East

China, Russia reject calls for freeze on UN pullout from Sudan

China and Russia on Friday rejected calls from European and African countries to freeze the planned shutdown of a peacekeeping…
Hong Kong govt to ‘pause’ divisive extradition bill: reports
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Hong Kong govt to ‘pause’ divisive extradition bill: reports

Hong Kong’s embattled government looks set to press pause on a deeply unpopular extradition bill that has provoked unprecedented clashes…
Trump blames Iran in tanker blasts, says sea lane not at risk
Middle East

Trump blames Iran in tanker blasts, says sea lane not at risk

US President Donald Trump declared Friday that a mysterious attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman had…
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
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Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe

Hong Kong social media lit up on Friday when protesters noticed Google’s translation software was briefly churning out a rather…
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