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Concerns over China dominate financial markets, the biggest fall in Shanghai shares in eight years dragging European stock markets and the prices of major commodities like copper and oil sharply lower. Ciara Lee reports
Chinese households are cheered by the current bull run in mainland stock markets and are in the mood to invest not just in stocks but in other sectors of the economy. Jane Lanhee Lee reports.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo officially launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday. The Chinese-made bullet train named "Whoosh" is built to take more than 600 people to and from Jakarta and the Javan city of Bandung in 45 minutes. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdymukhamedov and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev pose for group photos during the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, in China's northern Shaanxi province. IMAGES
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed that he held talks with his Chinese counterpart Sunday, the first meeting between the countries' defence ministers for three years. The meeting was "an important first step", Marles told reporters in Singapore, on the sidelines of a security summit. IMAGES from Australian Defence Minister
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