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BEIJING (Reuters) – A spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the United States is not a party to South China Sea issues and warned the Philippines that wooing other countries to provoke confrontation will undermine regional stability. The United States pledged funding of $500 million for the Philippines’ military and coast guard …

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By Faith Hung and Emily Chan TAIPEI (Reuters) -The chairman of Taiwan’s top financial regulator said his agency has contingency plans for any possible outcome of the U.S. presidential election, regardless of whether it is Donald Trump or Kamala Harris who prevails. “We definitely have plans in place,” Jin-lung Peng, the chairman of Taiwan’s Financial …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping has called for the building of strong border, sea and air defences to protect the country’s territorial sovereignty and maritime interests, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Border, sea and air defence is an important symbol of China’s sovereignty, and a key guarantee for the country’s …

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By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia raised the minimum age limit for purchasing cigarettes to 21 from 18 as part of a series of changes to health regulations intended to curb the deadly habit in a country with one of the world’s highest smoking rates. A country of 270 million people, Indonesia is one …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled Wang Yilin, former chairman and party secretary of state-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), for discipline violations, state media said on Wednesday. According to the report by state-run CCTV, Wang had illegally accepted high value assets and goods and took advantage of his position to help others …

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BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing has expressed its displeasure to Tokyo over negative comments about China made during a meeting between Japan and the United States, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Liu Jinsong, China’s director-general of Asian affairs at the Chinese foreign ministry, lodged a complaint to Japan over comments made by the U.S. and Japan …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Over 4,000 homes in North Korea’s city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, state media KCNA said on Wednesday. Around 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of farmland along with numerous public buildings, facilities and roads were also flooded, prompting a two-day emergency …

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By Patricia Zengerle, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday that Washington must do more to counter Chinese actions, including its strategy for creating military bases and its pursuit of rare-earth minerals in Africa. Campbell told a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that …

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