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Tillerson: US-China friendly, adversarial

Rex Tillerson, US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, described interactions between the United States and China as "both friendly and adversarial."

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Russians claim to have compromising info on Trump: report

US spy chiefs have informed Donald Trump that Russian operatives claim to possess deeply compromising personal and financial information about him, US media reported on the eve of the president-elect's first press conference.

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US officials meeting with Tsai sends aggressive signals: analysts

China said Monday it "firmly opposed" a meetings between Taiwan island's leader Tsai Ing-wen and US Republicans.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma tells Donald Trump about US store plan for China e-shoppers

Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma met US President-elect Donald Trump on Monday (Jan 9, 2017) and laid out the Chinese e-commerce company's new plan to bring a million small US businesses onto its platform to sell to Chinese consumers over the next five years, an Alibaba spokesman said.

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Alibaba's Jack Ma meets with Trump, talks about job creation

Jack Ma, the billionaire founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group, met with US president-elect Donald Trump on Monday, and Trump said they had a "great meeting".

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From Marvel to Fan Bingbing, who benefits from Hollywood’s courting of China?

Hollywood is increasingly seeking to attract Chinese film-goers as the industry realigns – and major players on both sides of the Pacific want in on the action

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Mexico arrests American in US consular official's shooting

The suspect in the shooting of a US consular official in Mexico's western city of Guadalajara is an American who will be deported back to his country, officials said on Sunday.

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Offshore yuan strengthens

The Chinese yuan rose sharply against the US dollar on Thursday, taking advantage of the uncertainty of US fiscal policies and displaying the capability of Chinese monitory regulators to stabilize the currency.

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Kerry: Both US parties back "one China"

The one-China policy, which has been challenged by US president-elect Donald Trump, is supported by the Democratic and Republican parties, US Secretary of State John Kerry assured Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday.

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US warns about travel to Bangladesh due to terror threats

The United States is warning about travel to Bangladesh and tightening restrictions on family members accompanying US government officials posted in the South Asian country.

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Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton is Trump's top pick to head Securities and Exchange Commission

Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton, who has worked on high-profile initial public offerings such as Alibaba Group, is a leading candidate to head the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Trump administration, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday (Jan 3).

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WikiLeaks urges leaks of departing Obama White House docs

WikiLeaks appealed Tuesday for leaked White House documents before President Barack Obama leaves office, as its founder Julian Assange again denied Russia was the source of hacked Democratic party emails that hurt Hillary Clinton's bid for the US presidency.

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Russian diplomats expelled from US arrive in Moscow: Russian media

A plane carrying 35 diplomats expelled from the United States over Russia's alleged meddling in the US presidential election arrived in Moscow early Monday, Russian state television reported.

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Plane with expelled diplomats leaves US: Russian media

A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats expelled from the United States over Moscow's alleged interference in the presidential election took off from Washington on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported.

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FBI analysis fingers Russian spy agencies for US election hacks

The FBI squarely blamed Russian intelligence services on Thursday (Dec 29) for meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, releasing the most definitive report yet on the issue, including samples of malicious computer code said to have been used in a broad hacking campaign.

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Russia vows response to diplomat expulsion from US

Russia has promised to respond to the expulsion of 35 of its diplomats from Washington, amid a bitter dispute over alleged Russian interference in the recent US presidential election.

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Hong Kong tops global IPO markets despite total funds raised sliding to eight-year low

Thomson Reuters data for 2016 makes Hong Kong the biggest IPO market worldwide, though total funds raised were way down on last year