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China's Evergrande takes 4.68 per cent stake in Vanke

Guangzhou-based developer becomes fourth largest shareholder in embattled homebuilder

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LeEco breaks into India's TV market as it seeks further international expansion

Chinese tech conglomerate LeEco on Thursday launched its line of smart TVs in India, marking the company’s second entry into an overseas TV market as it looks to expand internationally.

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Hong Kong doctor arrested for using paid study leave to take three-day holiday abroad

A 26-year-old doctor from Prince of Wales Hospital has been arrested for using fake documents to take paid study leave after it was revealed that she had actually taken a leisure trip abroad, according to a police spokesman.

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Guotai Junan offers apology to China's Didi Chuxing over "fake executive" gaffe

Guotai Junan Securities made an official apology to car hailing app Didi Chuxing on Wednesday night after having mistaken an unidentified person for a senior executive of the company during a roadshow on Tuesday morning.

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Pokemon D'oh! Japanese gymnastics star racks up HK$38,000 phone bill playing game at Rio Olympics

Gymnastics star Kohei Uchimura is famed for his balance, but he might have been feeling a bit wobbly when his phone bill landed at the Rio Olympics.

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Three-year old boy from Hong Kong killed in Hokkaido, Japan car crash

The boy, 3, died on Wednesday when the car, being driven by his father, crashed on the way from Sapporo to Asahikawa

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Abe reshuffles Cabinet, picks controversial Inada as defence minister

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his Cabinet on Wednesday, appointing a new defence minister with a history of hawkish views, in the third reshuffle since he returned as premier in December 2012.

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Pokemon master arrives in Hong Kong on worldwide quest to complete his collection

Nick Johnson claims he was the first to catch all 142 Pokemon available in the United States on hit mobile game Pokemon Go

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Taiwan leader apologises to island’s aborigines for historical injustices

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen made an official apology to the island’s indigenous people for centuries of suffering, in what she hopes is a step towards a grand reconciliation among Taiwan’s ethnic groups.

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Shadows of doubt: how the battle for a Chinese property giant exposed critical failures in oversight

The inept response of regulators to claims of irregularities in a hostile takeover bid for the firm underscores the desperate need for change

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The price of becoming Asia's world city: Attracting global trade opens HK to laundering

This followed a record US$1.92 billion in fines for HSBC in December in 2012, to settle charges of allowing itself to laundering money and finance terrorism by US authorities.

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China's sperm bank shortage blamed on lack of donors, rather than changes to family planning rules

China’s sperm banks are experiencing a shortage because there aren’t enough qualified applicants, says the head of the nation’s largest facility.