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Shares in Asia fell Thursday with Japan's Nikkei Index falling 0.7% to close at 9,804, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 1% to end the day at 22,398. In China, the Shanghai Composite slid 0.1% to 3,173 after Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said the recovery from the economic crisis would be "slow...

China stocks dropped Wednesday for the first time in four days, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.1 percent to close at 2,999.7 -- hovering at the 3,000 mark that many technical analysts view as a key point of resistance for the recovering market. Brokerages led the slide as the number...

In China, the Shanghai Composite index rose an impressive 4.8 percent to close at 2,845 today, scoring its largest gain in six months. The market's three-day bounce owes much to positive comments by Liu Xinhua, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. On Wednesday, he announced...