ASIA AGENDA ITEMS ON THURSDAY
+ Taiwanese fraud suspects face Chinese court sentence
+ Pangolin at risk of extinction: study
TAIWAN
– Monitoring reax as a Chinese court is due to sentence 44 Taiwanese fraud suspects deported by Kenya to China last year.
INDONESIA
– Pangolin in Indonesia are at risk of extinction thanks to an illicit trade that sees thousands of the critically endangered animals trafficked each year, according to a study.
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CHINA
– Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Gambian President Adama Barrow after the two countries re-established diplomatic relations last year.
NEW ZEALAND
– New Zealand releases its September quarter GDP figures.