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        <title><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Urges Opening of Hormuz in Iran Talks Before Xi-Trump Meet]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-06/iran-s-top-diplomat-meets-wang-yi-in-first-china-trip-since-war</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 02:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Weathers War Shocks With Fastest Growth Since 2021]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 08:36:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Says He Will Bring Up Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai in Xi Summit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-05/trump-says-he-will-bring-up-hong-kong-s-jimmy-lai-in-xi-summit</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 04:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Rare Sanctions Pushback Leaves Banks Caught in Crossfire]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-04/china-s-rare-defiance-of-us-sanctions-sparks-showdown-over-banks-moqorgpw</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 02:14:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Has Widest Trade Deficit Since 1952 in Echo of War, AI]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/hong-kong-has-widest-trade-deficit-since-1952-in-echo-of-ai-boom</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:32:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China-US Tensions Build Over Iran and AI Before Trump Meets Xi]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/china-us-tensions-build-over-iran-and-ai-before-trump-meets-xi</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 01:40:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ahead of a summit in Busan, South Korea, in 2025. Photographer: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How China Is Tightening Rules to Defend Its Supply Chains]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:52:35 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Gantry cranes and shipping containers at the Yangshan Deepwater Port in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. President Donald Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum into the US, broadening his trade salvo and threatening ties with some of the country&apos;s top trading partners. Source: Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why China’s Support for Iran Has Limits]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-22/china-and-the-iran-war-why-xi-jinping-s-support-for-tehran-has-limits</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Xi Jinping, second from left, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohammed, third from right, meet in Beijing on April 14. Photographer: Haruna Furuhashi/Pool/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Xi's $270 Billion Middle East Bet Limits China Support for Iran]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:45:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Xi Helps Trump on Iran War as China Assists in Ceasefire Bid]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/xi-helps-trump-on-iran-war-as-china-assists-with-ceasefire-bid</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Trumpets ‘Own Efforts’ in Pushing For US-Iran Ceasefire]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/china-trumpets-own-efforts-in-pushing-for-us-iran-ceasefire</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:35:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An excavator removes rubble from the site of a strike in Tehran, on April 7. Photographer: Francisco Seco/AP Photo</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Delayed Trump-Xi Summit Gives Fresh Grievances Room to Grow]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/trump-s-delayed-xi-summit-gives-us-china-irritants-room-to-grow</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump (L) talks to China&apos;s President Xi Jinping as they shake hands after their talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan on October 30, 2025. US President Donald Trump and China&apos;s leader Xi Jinping opened on October 30 their first face-to-face meeting in six years, seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Starts Trade Probes Against US Before Xi-Trump Summit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-27/china-retaliates-with-trade-barrier-probes-against-the-us</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Xiao]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Official Calm Belies a War Battering Small Factories]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:30:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An employee works at a plastic factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province. Photographer: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Arrests Booksellers Over Jimmy Lai Title, Reports Say]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-25/hong-kong-arrests-booksellers-over-jimmy-lai-title-reports-say</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:14:30 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Pong Yat-ming in 2012. Photographer: David Wong/South China Morning Post/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Says Japan Self-Defense Member Broke Into Tokyo Embassy]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/china-says-japan-self-defense-member-broke-into-tokyo-embassy</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:19:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Leader Says Middle East Conflict to Spur Capital Flows]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 04:40:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>John Lee, Hong Kong’s chief executive, during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Lee vowed to form an independent committee to investigate the city&apos;s deadliest fire in nearly eight decades, after widespread public calls for a transparent process.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Call for Chinese Warships Hits Sensitive Topic for Xi]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s OpenClaw Frenzy Tests Xi’s Approach to Regulate AI]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-12/china-s-openclaw-frenzy-tests-xi-s-approach-to-regulate-ai</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Xiao]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 11:02:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai Decides Against Appealing 20-Year Sentence]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/hong-kong-s-jimmy-lai-decides-against-appealing-20-year-sentence</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nectar Gan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:23:44 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Jimmy Lai in 2021. Photographer: Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg</media:description>
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