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      <title>In photos: China&apos;s Xi hardens Taiwan warning as country celebrates week-long National Day holiday </title>
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      <title>Inside India newsletter: Foreign insurers get the red-carpet treatment — and policy uncertainty</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A CNBC investigation shows how former Fed advisor John Rogers became entangled with a man U.S. officials identify as a Chinese intelligence operative.]]></description>
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