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Last updated: 19 Jul, 2012  
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Li's visit went beyond symbolic: Pakistani daily
IANS | 24 May, 2013
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's two-day Pakistan visit "went beyond the symbolic", said a daily which noted China is a wealthy neighbour that "does not hand out free lunches".
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China to import gas from Turkmenistan
IANS/RIA Novosti | 23 May, 2013
China will import gas from the world's second largest gas reserve in the Central Asian republic of Turkmenistan.
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China may act againt EU wine imports
IANS | 22 May, 2013
China is likely to make a substantive move this year toward initiating an anti-dumping investigation into wine imported from the eurozone, according to Xinhua .
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Weaker yen fuels economic optimism in Japan
IANS/EFE | 21 May, 2013
The Japanese government Monday revised upward its evaluation of the economy given the weakness of the yen, which is helping to push exports and encouraging companies to increase production.
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China opposes EU's aviation emissions levy
IANS | 18 May, 2013
On Thursday, the European Commission, an executive body of the EU, said eight Chinese carriers could face fines totalling 2.4 million euros, or about $3 million, and the two Indian airlines could face total fines of 30,000 euros.
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India, China to be biggest investors by 2030: World Bank
SME Times News Bureau | 18 May, 2013
India and China will be the biggest investors by 2030, accounting for 38 percent of the global gross investment and almost half of all the world manufacturing investment, says the World Bank.
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Thailand, Bangladesh to double bilateral trade
IANS | 16 May, 2013
Boonsong Teriyapirom said after a meeting of the Thai-Bangladeshi trade committee that the two countries had agreed to map out an operation plan to minimize their trade imbalance, reports Xinhua.
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China's industrial output goes up
IANS | 13 May, 2013
China's industrial value-added output rose 9.3 percent year on year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
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Myanmar drafts five-year dairy development plan
IANS | 11 May, 2013
Myanmar is drafting a five-year sustainable plan to develop the country's dairy cattle breeding sector to which New Zealand government offered to render assistance, official media reported Friday.
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Toll in Bangladesh building collapse approaches 1,000
IANS | 10 May, 2013
The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey building here in the Bangladesh capital approached 1,000 Thursday, after 55 more bodies were pulled out from the rubble, officials said.
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