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Beijing reacts to America First document

Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the plenary session at the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Cooperation between China and the United States will lead to a win-win outcome for both sides, but confrontation will result in …

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Japan, South Korea urge China to do more to ‘pressure’ North Korea

KCNA | Reuters Members of the People’s Security Council take part an anti-U.S. rally, in this September 23, 2017 photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency. Japan and South Korea urged China to do more to “pressure” North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programmes, Japanese Foreign …

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The ‘bond vigilantes’ may seize power in 2018 as worldwide debt swells

Bond vigilantes are poised to wrest back power in 2018. For the first time in four years, the U.S., Japanese, euro zone and UK governments will together issue more net debt than their central banks will buy. That gives investors a welcome chance to hold profligates to account. But markets …

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