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Chinese investors rush to offshore funds to offset domestic risks
People walk along an elevated walkway at the Pudong financial district in Shanghai Nov. 20, 2013.
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Head of Vancouver-based immigration firm reportedly arrested in China for illegal currency trading
Linda Mei He is the Chairwoman and President of Wailian Group.
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Progressive Conservative politician Pat Carney helped keep abortion out of the Criminal Code
Journalist and politican Pat Carney of Saturna Island, British Colunbia, stands with Governor General David Johnston after she was invested into the Order of Canada as member during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Friday September 16 2011. The former member of Parliament, Senator and trailblazer died Tuesday at the age of 88. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk wraps up whirlwind two-day trip to China
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Tesla to build Shanghai factory to make Megapack batteries
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Elon Musk plans to visit China as early as April, seeks meeting with premier, sources say
FILE PHOTO: Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS
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Global airline traffic in 2022 rebounded to over half of pre-pandemic levels, IATA says
FILE PHOTO: An airplane prepares to land at Cointrin airport in Geneva, Switzerland December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo
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China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on Feb. 6
A jet plane of Shanghai Airline docks at a gate after the opening ceremony of Pudong International Airport Thursday, September 16, 1999, in Shanghai. Shanghai opened its second international airport Thursday, adding to a string of massive building projects that are transforming China's business capital. The 13 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) Pudong International Airport opened ahead of celebrations Oct. 1 of the 50th anniversary of communist rule. The airplane which is the first plane to depart from the new airport, flew to Kumming in southern China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) CHINA; AIRPORTS;
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Beijing, Shanghai residents back to work as China limps towards living with COVID-19
Commuters ride a subway train during the morning rush hour amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China December 26, 2022. REUTERS/Josh Arslan
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China fines former NBA star Jeremy Lin over quarantine comments
Former Toronto Raptors' Jeremy Lin, currently a free agent, talks to young Taiwanese players during a basketball clinic in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, July 27, 2019. Lin is in Taiwan to attend a charity event and basketball clinics for young athletes. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Crowds break through COVID-19 barriers in China’s Guangzhou as frustrations mount amid rising cases
Barriers form a security checkpoint in the Haizhu district in Guangzhou in southern China's Guangdong province, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. As the country reported 10,729 new COVID cases on Friday, more than 5 million people were under lockdown in the southern manufacturing hub Guangzhou and the western megacity Chongqing. (AP Photo)
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Shanghai Disney shuts over COVID-19, visitors unable to leave
FILE - Visitors pose for photos outside the Disney Resort theme park, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Shanghai. Last year was a roller coaster ride for theme parks and museums worldwide, with some places approaching pre-pandemic levels and others like parks in China struggling with lockdowns, according to a new report. (AP Photo/Chen Si, File)
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China rolls out inhaled COVID-19 vaccine in Shanghai
In this photo taken from video released by Shanghai Media Group, a medical worker hands over aerosolised COVID vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics Inc. in Shanghai on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering the inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. (Shanghai Media Group via AP)
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New China ETFs test investor appetite amid Sino-U.S. tech war, market rout
A man stands on an overpass with an electronic board showing Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indexes, at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China Jan. 6, 2021.
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After Merge, ether heads for a $20-billion Shanghai splurge
Representation of Ethereum, with its native cryptocurrency ether, is seen in this illustration taken Nov. 29, 2021.
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China’s three biggest airlines post steep second-quarter losses due to COVID-19 restrictions
FILE PHOTO: A China Eastern Airlines aircraft and Shanghai Airlines aircraft are seen in Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, China June 4, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
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Smartphone shipments within China up 9.1% year-on-year in June, official data shows
FILE PHOTO: Apple's 5G iPhone 12 and iPhone 11 are seen at an Apple Store in Shanghai China October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
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China’s economy shrinks 2.6 per cent during COVID-19 shutdown
A man lowers his mask to drink from a cup as he past near a mall, July 13, in Beijing. China's economic growth plunged to 0.4 per cent over a year earlier in the latest quarter after Shanghai and other cities were shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the government said a "stable recovery" is underway.
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Shanghai braces for more mass COVID-19 testing as some Chinese cities adopt new restrictions
Residents line up for COVID-19 testing, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Shanghai. Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities. (AP Photo/Chen Si)
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Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent stocks plunge after latest fines
A woman wearing a face mask walks by the offices of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2021. Shares of Chinese technology firms Alibaba and Tencent plunged on Monday, July 11, 2022, a day after Chinese regulators fined their subsidiaries for not disclosing transactions and failing to comply with anti-monopoly rules. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Millions tested in Shanghai as China grapples COVID-19 resurgence
People line up to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a nucleic acid testing site in Shanghai, China July 7, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Shanghai and Beijing order new round of mass COVID-19 testing after new cases detected
Residents line up for COVID-19 testing, Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Shanghai. Residents of parts of Shanghai and Beijing have been ordered to undergo further rounds of COVID-19 testing following the discovery of new cases in the two cities, while tight restrictions remain in place in Hong Kong, Macao and other Chinese cities. (AP Photo/Chen Si)
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COVID-19 restrictions ease in Shanghai as case numbers drop
Visitors line up outside the Disney Resort theme park, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Shanghai. Shanghai is moving to allow in-person dining and reopening its Disney Resort theme park as domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 in China's largest city remain at zero following a more than two-month lockdown. (AP Photo/Chen Si)
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H&M closes Shanghai flagship store, hurt by lockdowns and consumer backlash
FILE PHOTO: A woman, wearing a mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walks past a closed flagship store of Swedish fashion retailer H&M in Shanghai, China June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Casey Hall
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Beijing warns of ‘explosive’ COVID-19 outbreak as Shanghai begins mass testing
A street cleaner wearing a face mask walks past metal barriers set up around a neighborhood that was locked down as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Shanghai to lock down millions again for mass COVID-19 testing
Health workers walk holding swab samples taken from people next to the entrance of a residential area under Covid-19 lockdown in the Xuhui district of Shanghai on June 10, 2022. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP) (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Oil prices dive as U.S. inflation data surges and China imposes lockdowns
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Canadian dollar falls by most in 10 months as risk appetite sours
A loonie is pictured in Toronto on Jan. 23, 2015.
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Oil slips on China lockdowns but stays near three-month highs
FILE - In this April 24, 2015, file photo, pumpjacks work in a field in the Permian Basin near Lovington, N.M. Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The Navajo Nation has struggled for years with high poverty rates and joblessness, and the tribe’s legislative leaders say individual Navajo allottees stand to lose an important source of income if a 10-mile buffer is created around the park. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Beijing reopens restaurants as authorities further ease COVID-19 restrictions
A staff member serves customers as dine-in service resumes following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a restaurant in Beijing, China June 6, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
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Inflation stations and other world market themes for the week ahead
A woman looks over shelves, some of which are empty, at a Walmart store in Teterboro, N.J., on Jan. 12.