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China announces restrictions on trade with North Korea

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China banned imports of gold and rare earths from North Korea as well as exports to the country of jet fuel and other oil products used to make rocket fuel, a move in line with new United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang.
China-backed bank says more than 30 countries await membership

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More than 30 countries are waiting to join the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), adding to its 57 founding members, its president said.
China rejects worry over web rules that could cut access to foreign sites

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China's technology regulator has rejected criticism of proposed Internet rules that could block access to foreign websites, saying there was misunderstanding about what some people see as a way to tighten control over cyberspace.
China's Shandong Ruyi to take over Sandro, Maje labels

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China's Shandong Ruyi is set to buy control of SMCP, the French firm behind fashion brands Sandro, Maje and Claudie Pierlot, for 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) including debt, two sources close to the deal said.
China hits property policy jam as regional market gap widens

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While property prices in top-tier Chinese cities are booming, prices in smaller cities, where most of China's urban population lives, are sill sinking, complicating government efforts to spread wealth more evenly and arrest slowing economic growth.
Hackers breach computer networks of some big U.S. law firms

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Hackers broke into the computer networks of some big U.S. law firms, including Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, the Wall Street Journal reported.
U.S. grants China's ZTE temporary reprieve on export curbs

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The U.S. government will give Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone maker ZTE Corp a three-month reprieve on tough export restrictions it imposed this month, the Commerce Department said.
Amid sea disputes, China to set up maritime 'judicial center'

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China plans to set up an "international maritime judicial center" to help protect the country's sovereignty and rights at sea, its top judge said.
Japan ruling party considers international arbitration over China dispute

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Japan's ruling party urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to consider seeking international arbitration over Beijing's drilling activities in the disputed East China Sea, mirroring similar action by the Philippines.
China vaccine scandal stokes anger as regulators come under fire

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A widening scandal over illegal vaccine sales in China has sparked anger and drawn criticism from the government over glaring loopholes in the regulation of the world's second-largest medicine market.