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The very idea of a President Trump scares some, bolsters others in Asia

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SINGAPORE Donald Trump's "isolationist" foreign policy pronouncements are feeding insecurity in some Asian nations fearful of China's growing power, and risk emboldening nationalists and authoritarians in the region.

Exclusive: CIC ends talks with Yum Brands over China business - sources

A consortium that includes sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp (CIC) and U.S. buyout firm KKR & Co has ended discussions to buy a stake in Yum Brands Inc's China unit, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Chinese buyers circle soccer "super" agent Stellar Group

SHANGHAI Four Chinese investor groups are locked in a more than $140 million bidding war for one of the world's most powerful soccer agencies, UK-based Stellar Group, a source said, a sign that China's appetite for sport is outgrowing trophy club investments.

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New Taiwan president pledges peace, urges China to drop historical baggage

TAIPEI Taiwan's new president urged China on Friday to "drop the baggage of history" in an otherwise conciliatory inauguration speech that Beijing's Communist Party rulers had been watching for any move towards independence. | Video

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China's COFCO Agri seeing high interest in U.S. partnerships

NEW YORK Chinese state-owned agricultural trader COFCO Agri [CNCOF.UL] is finding plenty of interest from potential U.S. crop handling partners who are eager to boost sales to China, its chief executive said on Thursday.

May 19 2016

China demands end to U.S. surveillance after aircraft intercept

WASHINGTON/BEIJING Beijing demanded an end to U.S. surveillance near China on Thursday after two of its fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an "unsafe" intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea.

Chinese jets intercept U.S. military plane over South China Sea: Pentagon

WASHINGTON/BEIJING Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, drawing a rebuke from Beijing, which demanded that Washington end surveillance near China. | Video

Chinese official's HK visit 'important breakthrough': Global Times

HONG KONG A Hong Kong visit by a top leader of China's Communist Party, which included talks with pro-democracy lawmakers, was an "important breakthrough" in relations between Beijing and the city, an influential Chinese newspaper said on Thursday. | Video

World, May 19 2016

Incoming Taiwan government likely to infuriate China from the word go

TAIPEI Taiwan's new ruling party is set for an early clash with China over the first major item on its legislative agenda - a bill that could paralyze trade between the two rivals and which Beijing has already condemned. | Video

World, May 19 2016

Temasek, CIC-KKR advance to second round of Yum China stake sale: sources

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and a consortium that includes China Investment Corp (CIC) and KKR & Co have advanced to a second round of bidding for a minority stake in Yum Brands Inc's China unit, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Deals, May 19 2016