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Salmon catch has bad year

The fishing season for autumn salmon is coming to an end, and this year’s take is so poor it is likely to be the lowest in 30 years.

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Japan: Salmon catch has bad year

​The fishing season for autumn salmon is coming to an end, and this year’s take is so poor it is likely to be the lowest in 30 years.

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China's Armed Police Forces end a total of 1,903 paid services so far

Ever since China’s military announced earlier this year that the armed forces will end paid-for services within the next three years, a total of 1,903 paid services have been put to an end so far.

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Romania opens museum to reflect "odyssey" of its gold in 1940s

Romania on Tuesday opened a museum to reflect "the odyssey" of the country's gold at the end of World War II.

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New policy of PBOC not “RRR cut”, likely to flat offshore RMB fluctuation

After reviewing the deposit reserve deviation, the central bank, also known as the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), further “averages” the review method for reserve requirement ratio (RRR) to hedge the market fluctuation caused by timing factors.

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China allows more foreign investment into capital market

Quotas of 81.1 billion U.S. dollars had been awarded under the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) program by the end of May, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced on Tuesday.

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Growth in Chinese local government debt slowed in 2015

As the data on local government debt in 2015 have been gradually disclosed, journalist of the 21st Century Business Herald outlines the sketch of local government debt for 2015 according to the data set out in bond issuance documents and rating reports published by local governments.

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China-Russia railway bridge nears completion

Construction of the main body of the Chinese side of a railway bridge linking China with Russia has been completed, authorities said Tuesday.

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China's population to reach 1.42 billion by 2020

China's population will be about 1.42 billion by the end of 2020, according to the draft outline of a five-year plan released Saturday.

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S. Korea declares end to MERS outbreak

​South Korean health authorities declared an official end to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, more than seven months after the first patient was found on May 20.

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U.S. Army to cut 40,000 soldiers, 17,000 civilians by fiscal 2018

​By the end of September in 2018, the U.S. Army expects to carry out a comprehensive brigades realignment by shrinking its size from 490,000 to 450,000 due to budget constraints, according to a statement released by U.S. Defense Department on Thursday.

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Shanghai tops country in year-end bonus

Employees in Shanghai lead the country in earning the highest amount of year-end bonus with 8,515 yuan ($1,346) on average, followed by their peers in Shenzhen with 8,265 yuan and Beijing with 7,855 yuan, according to a recent survey by a human resource company.

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Russian annual inflation rate estimated to reach 9 pct by year end

Russia's annual inflation will near 9 percent by year end, Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Monday.

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U.S. stocks drop slightly as Fed ends QE

​U.S. stocks dropped slightly Wednesday as the Federal Reserve announced to end its quantitative easing (QE) stimulus program.

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Afghanistan welcomes new Obama decision

Afghan government on Wednesday welcomed U.S. president's plan to keep about 9,800 troops after 2014 in Afghanistan but virtually withdrawing all by the end of 2016.

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India's general election kick off

India's general elections began Monday, with voting starting in two northeastern states of Assam and Tripura in the first of the nine-phase polling over six weeks.

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The party is over for SOEs conferences

"Best employee" got a Porsche. The "excellent" few scooped 500,000-yuan stocks and trips to Hong Kong. "Good" employees won cool gadgets like NOTE2 and IPhone 5s.