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BEIJING (Reuters) – China laid out its major policy priorities for 2025 at an annual parliamentary meeting on Wednesday, including how it plans to spur consumption and achieve technological breakthroughs. Here are some of the key industries and technologies mentioned in the reports and on the sidelines of the meeting: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE China pledged to …

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By Antoni Slodkowski, Laurie Chen, Jing Xu and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – China unlocked more fiscal stimulus on Wednesday, promising greater efforts to support consumption and cushion the impact of an escalating trade war with the United States on an economy that Beijing is determined to grow by another 5%-or-so this year. Premier Li …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Wednesday that other nations do not decide its defence budget after U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for a top Pentagon policy role called for Tokyo to spend more to counter China. “Japan decides its defence budget by itself,” Ishiba told parliament. “It should not be decided …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the person responsible for killing 13 U.S. service members during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 had been arrested with the help of Pakistan and was now on his way to the U.S. to face justice. Trump shared the news during an address to Congress, but gave …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese coast guard on Wednesday said it monitored a Philippine civilian boat delivering daily provisions to the “illegally grounded” warship at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal on Tuesday. China and the Philippines claim the territory and frequently clash in its surrounding waters. The resupply missions for soldiers aboard the grounded naval …

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HONG KONG (Reuters) -China will “actively” respond to population aging with policies for its rapidly growing elderly and its young people, including providing childcare subsidies and making preschool education free, as it tries to boost the country’s declining population. The measures were announced in two official government documents on Wednesday, prepared for the annual meeting …

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By James Pomfret and Yimou Lee (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday China would “firmly advance” the push for “reunification” with Taiwan while opposing external interference, and strive to work with regular Taiwanese to realize the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the objection …

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By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hailed expanding ties with ally Myanmar at talks with its military junta chief on Tuesday and thanked him for gifting Moscow six elephants. Military analysts have dubbed the present, which coincided with Russia’s completing delivery of six fighter jets to Myanmar, as part …

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