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Baidu posts biggest profit decline since going public

Baidu Inc, China’s largest Internet search company, posted its steepest-ever quarterly profit decline and slowest growth in revenue in nearly eight years, hit by a healthcare scandal that ensnared the company this year.

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IMF says yen's rise is now at fair value and yuan is moving in line with fundamentals

The International Monetary Fund said the yen’s surge this year has brought the Japanese currency closer to its fair value, in an assessment that contrasts with expressions of concern by the country’s policy makers about the exchange rate.

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SCMP: Hong Kong at risk from a Trump presidency

City could find itself stuck in the middle of a trade war, between a US led by the Republican Party nominee and China

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Hong Kong police to keep a "close eye" on areas packed with Pokemon hunters

The force said it will keep a close watch on crowded parks and other venues, to ‘avoid accidents’ after the release of the hugely popular smartphone game in the city

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Former US president Jimmy Carter among winners of HK$60 million first Lui Che Woo Prize

Property tycoon and casino owner announces former US President Jimmy Carter, Medecins Sans Frontieres and Professor Yuan Longping as winners of the first annual, HK$60 million Lui Che Woo Prize.

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Chinese court jails Colombian Miss World hopeful for 15 years for smuggling drugs

Juliana Lopez Sarrazola, 22, could have faced death sentence after being caught with 610 grams of cocaine hidden in laptop at Guangzhou airport last July

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China swelters in baking heat as temperatures soar

Half of mainland China’s population has been roasting under week-long extreme heat, with air temperatures in some regions exceeding 50 degrees Celsius.

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G20 "breakthrough": finance chiefs agree to keep tabs on economic reform

Broad consensus on framework to assess structural improvements, but differences remain between US and China

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Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies strongly opposed to proposed listing reform

Lo Ka-shui says regulator-based regime would not promote market development and would be damaging to Hong Kong as an international centre

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Capital flows stable, despite fears over Brexit, says China's foreign exchange regulator

The effects of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will show gradually over time, but won’t change the stable pattern of China’s capital movement, according to the nation’s foreign exchange regulator.

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Chinese police net thousands in crackdown on phone, online scams

Public security authorities target personal data leaks as criminals increasing turn to hi-tech methods to gain information