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China's 'Singles Day' shopping bonanza loses its lustre
China's 'Singles Day' shopping bonanza loses its lustre
by  AFP

China's annual "Singles Day" sales bonanza wraps up at midnight on Saturday, but consumers this year appear largely unswayed by its flashy deals and discounts as the world's second-largest economy slows. Alibaba, like its main rival JD.com, withheld full sales figures for the shopping bonanza for the first time ever last year, saying instead that sales were flat from the year before.

Myanmar fighting blocks key trade routes with China
Myanmar fighting blocks key trade routes with China
by  AFP

A surprise offensive by Myanmar ethnic armed groups has blocked two strategically vital roads to the country's biggest trading partner China, choking cross-border commerce and denying the cash-strapped junta taxes and foreign exchange.

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