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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is in the final stages of negotiations with the United States to buy U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles, the Yomiuri daily reported on Friday, citing multiple unnamed Japanese government sources. Tomahawks can hit targets from more than 1,000 km (620 miles) away, putting parts of China and the Russian Far East within range. …

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(Reuters) – Germany will press for China to open up its economic markets to European companies and will discuss human rights during a visit by Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Beijing next week, a government spokesperson said on Friday. Germany’s view of Beijing has changed in recent months but it is against “decoupling” from the Chinese …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan government and its creditors will discuss the country’s debt restructuring at length at their meeting next Thursday, the government said on Friday. Sri Lanka’s creditors include India, China, Japan and some private bondholders. The government’s chief of staff Sagala Ratnayake met IMF residents for Sri Lanka on Thursday, …

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The profitability surge of a Shanghai food supplier seeking a Hong Kong listing, disclosed in an exchange filing, gives a rare peep under the hood into a cohort of Chinese companies that have benefited from President Xi Jinping’s zero-COVID policy. Pang Pang Xiang (China) Company Ltd saw its gross profit margin surge …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – China should stop its sabre-rattling against Taiwan and maintain peace and stability, the head of Taiwan’s China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council said on Friday, as Beijing ramped up political and military pressure on the island it claimed as its own. China has stepped up military activities near democratically governed Taiwan since August, …

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