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By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday pressed its call for military communication channels with China and signalled concern over reports that China plans a military training facility in Cuba following Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing over the weekend. Establishing military-to-military communications is essential to reduce frictions between the …

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By David Brunnstrom, Yew Lun Tian and Martin Quin Pollard WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The first trip to China by a U.S. secretary of state in five years may have eased tensions that many saw escalating to dangerous levels, but the lack of progress on core issues means the relief will likely only be temporary. The …

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By Christina Amann and Alexander Hübner BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – China’s Premier Li Qiang told Germany’s top CEOs that a lack of cooperation was the biggest risk during a visit to lobby for stronger ties even as Europe seeks to reduce its dependence on Asia’s rising superpower. Li met with the heads of corporate titans like …

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(Reuters) – China and Cuba are negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island, sparking alarm in the U.S. that it could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security operations just 100 miles off Florida’s coast, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing current and former U.S …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -A former deputy governor of China’s central bank, Fan Yifei, has been arrested for suspected bribery, China’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday. Fan, 59, is the highest-ranking official at the People’s Bank of China to be arrested under President Xi Jinping’s anti-graft drive in the past decade, in a campaign aimed at weeding …

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore for the first time became the most expensive city for goods and services for wealthy people, overtaking Hong Kong, London and New York, according to a report on Tuesday. Cars and essential health insurance in Singapore are 133% and 109% more expensive than the global average, among 12 consumer goods and …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China is willing to work with the United States to increase passenger flights between them in a “flexible and pragmatic manner”, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. During Antony Blinken’s visit to China, the U.S. Secretary of State and China’s foreign minister Qin Gang agreed to discuss increasing passenger flights and welcome more …

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