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Macau’s merchandise imports in August rose 1.8 percent year-on-year to 6.9 billion patacas, the first increase since the same month of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced. Total exports rose 8.4 percent to 973 million patacas. Domestic exports, which accounted for 18.1 percent of all exports, jumped 94.7 percent. Exports of tobacco and wine rose 85.8 percent to 559 million patacas, accounting for 8.1 percent of all exports. PLEASE READ THE FULL

Analysis        BEIJING – As part of ongoing efforts to maintain bilateral communication and stabilize relations, senior Chinese and US officials held multiple rounds of meetings in Malta on Saturday and Sunday.In the meetings, Wang Yi, foreign minister and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan agreed to maintain high-level exchanges and hold