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Vietnam Refuses To Stamp Chinese Passports Over Offending Map

South China Sea Protests
In an angry response to China’s decision to include in its revised passports an offending map, which shows Beijing staking its claim on the entire South China Sea, Vietnamese officials are refusing to stamp the visa pages in the new Chinese passports.
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Week Ahead: Asian Stock Markets Likely To Maintain Gains

Stock markets in Asia are expected to move along with the global markets in the coming week in the absence of significant events. Market participants are likely to turn their attention to the U.S. and developments in Europe.
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China Infuriates Neighbors With Territorial Claims In New Passports

China has once again gotten under the skin of its neighbors -- this time with a few offending strokes on a map, printed on its revised passports, that show Beijing staking its claim on the entire South China Sea, Taiwan and regions of contention between India and China.
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Nikkei Rallies As Yen Falls Vs. Dollar

The yen fell to a 7-1/2-month low against the dollar Thursday, lifting Japan's Nikkei share average to a six-month high, on expectations of aggressive policy action under an expected new government.
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Gaza Crisis: China To Host Palestinian Envoy

China, whose public support for the Palestinians has been a key characteristic of its policy in the Middle East, Wednesday said it would host an envoy of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the crisis in Gaza.
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Bank Of Japan Keeps Policy Measures Unchanged

The Bank of Japan Tuesday kept its key policy rate unchanged and refrained from announcing any monetary easing measures in spite of the political pressures to pursue aggressive stimulus steps for reviving the economic growth momentum.

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