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• China firms building coal plants in Asia despite Beijing green pledge - South China Morning Post [Read Full Story ]
  Wed, 18 Sep 2019 03:35:46 GMT
  China firms building coal plants in Asia despite Beijing green pledge  South China Morning Post

  China, which has pledged that projects built under its Belt and Road Initiative will be green and sustainable, will fund more fossil fuel power projects in ...

  
  
• Asia Pacific stocks mixed as investors await Fed interest rate decision - CNBC [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:49:34 GMT
  Asia Pacific stocks mixed as investors await Fed interest rate decision  CNBC

  Stocks in Asia Pacific were mixed in Wednesday afternoon trade as investors await the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, set to be released later ...

  
  
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  S.E. Asian manufacturing sees opportunity in U.S.-China row - asianews.network [Read Full Story ]
  Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:31:00 GMT
  S.E. Asian manufacturing sees opportunity in U.S.-China row  asianews.network

  Southeast Asian countries are intensifying their efforts to attract companies planning to move production bases outside China, as the United States and China ...

  
  
• Asia least prepared against ageing, automation threats as Singapore leads in region: Study - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Wed, 18 Sep 2019 04:26:06 GMT
  Asia least prepared against ageing, automation threats as Singapore leads in region: Study  The Straits Times

  SINGAPORE - Of the 20 major economies worldwide, Asian countries are among the least prepared to combat the threats of societal ageing and workplace ...

  
  
• Saudi oil shock unites China with Asia rivals worried about war - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:10:40 GMT
  Saudi oil shock unites China with Asia rivals worried about war  The Straits Times

  HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - If anything could distract Asia's top powers from sparring over disputed territory and crimes committed during World War II, it's the ...

  
  
• Respiratory illness spikes, travel affected as haze hits South-east Asia - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:20:51 GMT
  Respiratory illness spikes, travel affected as haze hits South-east Asia  The Straits Times

  JAKARTA (BLOOMBERG) - Indonesia opened temporary clinics to treat thousands of people suffering from acute respiratory illness in the haze-struck regions as ...

  
  
• Oil shock unites China with Asia rivals worried about supply - WorldOil [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:54:43 GMT
  Oil shock unites China with Asia rivals worried about supply  WorldOil

  Asia accounts for more than 70% of Saudi Arabia's crude exports, with the four biggest economies " China, Japan, India and South Korea " leading the pack, ...

  
  
• South Korea confirms 2nd case of African swine fever - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:30:31 GMT
  South Korea confirms 2nd case of African swine fever  The Straits Times

  SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea has confirmed its second case of African swine fever at a pig farm near the country's border with North Korea, a day after the ...

  
  
• Asian Insider Sept 17: Hong Kong's 100 days of discontent - The Straits Times [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:21:21 GMT
  Asian Insider Sept 17: Hong Kong's 100 days of discontent  The Straits Times

  In today's bulletin: The unrest in Hong Kong has hit the 100-day mark; Solomon Islands cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China; the Indonesian ...

  
  
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  Hong Kong activists take cause to US Congress, urge pressure on Beijing - CNA [Read Full Story ]
  Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:23:04 GMT
  Hong Kong activists take cause to US Congress, urge pressure on Beijing  CNA

  Joshua Wong, secretary-general of Hong Kong's Demosisto party and leader of the "Umbrella Movement", testifies before the Congressional-Executive ...

  
  
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