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Cheap neighborhoods in China are being cleared as part of a "urbanization" campaign. But in an ironic twist, the clearance of these "villages within cities" removes cheap housing for the very people targeted to fuel that migration.
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LONDON/ SEOUL- North Korea has asked embassies to consider moving staff out and warned it cannot guarantee the safety of diplomats after April 10, Britain said, amid high tension and a war of words on the Korean peninsula.
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SEOUL- North Korea has placed two of its intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers and hidden them on the east coast of the country in a move that could threaten Japan or U.S.
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GENEVA, April 5- The World Health Organization said on Friday there was no sign of "sustained human-to-human transmission" of the H7N9 virus in China, but it was important to check on 400 people who had been in close contact with the 14 confirmed cases.
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*BOJ radical easing triggers Hong Kong outflows. HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares finished a holiday-shortened week at their lowest close since Nov. 28, as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, and further falls looked possible after the benchmark index broke below a key technical support.
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HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares finished a holiday-shortened week at their lowest close since Nov. 28, as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, and further falls looked possible after the benchmark index broke below a key technical support. The China Enterprises Index of the leading Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 3.1 percent.
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HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares tumbled to a four-month low on Friday, led by airlines as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, with a benchmark index breaking below a key chart support, pointing at further losses ahead.
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*HSI -2.1 pct, H-shares -2.5 pct, China shut. *China oil majors hit by slumping oil prices. HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares tumbled to a four-month low on Friday, with growth-sensitive sectors taking some of the bigger hits on rising worries a new strain of bird flu in China could hurt the local economy.
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SINGAPORE, April 5- London copper was steady on Friday, not far from 8- month lows hit the prior session, buttressed by the Bank of Japan's unprecedented stimulus and biding time ahead of a headline U.S. jobs report with top consumer China out on holiday. *Copper on Thursday plumbed its lowest since Aug. 3 at $7,331.25 a tonne.
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NEW YORK, April 4- If you read just one book this spring to understand how the world is changing, it should be Mohsin Hamid's new novel, "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia." Asia's rise is a story of the eastward tilt of global gross domestic product, but behind those numbers are billions of individual lives that are being radically transformed.
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SINGAPORE, April 4- London copper slipped to its lowest in eight months on Thursday after weak jobs data sparked worries a U.S. labour market recovery may not prove sustained, hurting demand expectations for metals in a thin market with China out for a two-day break.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of Abercrombie& Fitch Co. rose Wednesday on optimism about its international expansion plans and focus on boosting profitability. THE SPARK: The teen clothing retailer said in its annual report filed late Tuesday that it plans to open Abercrombie& Fitch flagship locations in Seoul and Shanghai and about 20 international Hollister stores.
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*Nine confirmed cases so far in China, three patients dead. But there is no evidence so far that the H7N9 flu- now known to have infected nine people in China, killing three- is spreading from person to person, and there is still a chance it might peter out and never fully mutate into a human form of flu.
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*CNOOC slides on possible lower China fuel prices. *HK closed Thursday, China shut for 4- day weekend. HONG KONG, April 3- Hong Kong and China shares slipped on Wednesday led by weakness in the Chinese energy sector as a result of lower oil prices, in thin trade ahead of a holiday break.
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SHANGHAI, April 3- China's yuan closed moderately lower versus the dollar on Wednesday after the central bank set a slightly weaker midpoint, which traders said might signal it wants the Chinese currency to stabilise following Tuesday's record high.
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HONG KONG, April 3- Hong Kong shares fell for a fifth consecutive session on Wednesday as lower oil prices pulled down the energy sector, including Chinese giant CNOOC, in thin trade ahead of a holiday break. The Hang Seng Index closed down 0.1 percent at 22,337.5 and the China Enterprises Index of the leading Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 0.5 percent.
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HONG KONG, April 3- Mainland China shares failed to hold onto midday gains on Wednesday, with weakness in the property, energy and brokerage sectors dragging benchmark indexes to multi-month closing lows ahead of a two-day public holiday.
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SHANGHAI, April 3- China and Australia will launch direct trading between the two currencies in Shanghai and Sydney within weeks to lower trade transaction costs, a foreign bank source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.
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*Trading volume low ahead of 2- day holiday in China. HONG KONG, April 3- China shares were slightly higher at the midday break on Wednesday, as strength in the battered banking sector helped lift benchmark indexes off multi-week lows ahead of a two-day public holiday.
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SHANGHAI, April 3- China's yuan slipped versus the dollar on Wednesday after the central bank set a slightly weaker midpoint, which traders said might signal it wants the Chinese currency to stabilize following Tuesday's record high.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.5 pct, Nikkei rises 1.7 pct. TOKYO, April 3- Asian shares fell on Wednesday as investors waited for news on the U.S. economy, while the dollar recovered against the yen as the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting got underway.