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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoshifumi Takemoto TOKYO (Reuters) – A former adviser to late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday voiced opposition to ending negative interest rates any time soon, saying premature action by the central bank would push the economy back into deflation. Speculation is rife that the Bank of Japan may ditch …

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By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s homegrown C919 passenger jet, manufactured by Commercial Aviation Corp of China (COMAC), landed in Vietnam on Monday, its second international destination after Singapore, Chinese state television CCTV reported. The C919 made its international debut at the Singapore Airshow last week, where the company announced an …

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By Asif Shahzad and Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of Pakistan’s three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was elected on Monday as the head of the country’s most populous province, Punjab, in a move underlining the expanding grip of the family in the South Asian nation. Maryam, 50, her father’s …

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By Greg Torode and Karen Lema HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) – Satellite images of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea show a new floating barrier across its entrance, near where Philippine ships and China coast guard vessels have had frequent run-ins. One of the images taken by Maxar Technologies on Feb. 22 …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) unveiled a plan on Monday that aims to improve data security in China’s industrial sector and effectively contain “major risks” by the end of 2026. The plan comes at a time when China and the United States both frequently accuse each other of cyberattacks …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is willing to work with New Zealand to continue strengthening cooperation in the process of joining The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, its commerce minister said. Minister Wang Wentao met with New Zealand’s Minister for Trade in Abu Dhabi, according to a ministry statement late Sunday. (Reporting by Liz …

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