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High-stakes games: Tencent rolls the dice on mobile

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tencent Holdings, China's largest Internet company by revenue, is betting that one-upmanship between friends playing addictive mobile games will boost revenue from WeChat, a social messaging app...
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China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: state media

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - China has ruled out the possibility of a proposed summit with Japan after Tokyo suggested the meeting in a bid to defuse an increasingly bitter territorial row,...
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Beijing struggles to hit the right pitch on economy

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's leadership, its hands full trying to manage a cooling economy while laying foundations for future solid growth, is also struggling where Beijing used to excel:...
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Move over tequila, here comes Chinese firewater

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese baijiu, a flammable, pungent white liquor averaging a 110-proof wallop, is the world's most consumed form of liquor thanks to its popularity in China, but...
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Move over tequila, here comes Chinese firewater

CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese baijiu, a flammable, pungent white liquor averaging a 110-proof wallop, is the world's most consumed form of liquor thanks to its popularity in China, but...