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Shanghai leads gains in Asia as China-US talks resume

      SINGAPORE --- Mainland Chinese markets led Asian indexes higher on Friday, as the U.S. and China kicked off a fresh round of trade talks in Beijing. The Shanghai Composite index advanced 2.9 percent to 3,081.11 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 1 percent to 29,055.99. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.6 percent to 2,140.67. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.8 percent to 21,205.81. The country's retail sales fell slightly in February from a month earlier, preliminary data showed. But industrial production rose 1.4 percent after a 3.4 percent decline in January. The unemployment rate beat market expectations, falling to 2.3 percent in Februar...

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