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Dec 2024
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Chinese leaders set economic priorities ...

CHINA PLUS
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--Shenzhen sees a major increase in foreign trade in the first three quarters of 2024

--ECB cuts rates again to boost growth and keeps the door open for further cuts

--Macao gears up for 25th-anniversary celebrations of its return to China

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