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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, March 28

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SYDNEY -- A global import expo in China later this year will offer unprecedented opportunities for Australian businesses to tap the Chinese market and reap the mutual benefits of maintaining free trade and open economies, participants of a major business forum in Sydney heard on Wednesday.

"Recent years have witnessed twists and turns of globalization, with the multilateral trading system being challenged and protectionism on the rise. Against such a background, China's decision to host the expo is to demonstrate its strong commitment to globalization and free trade, as well as our steadfast determination to further opening-up," Chinese Ambassador to Australia Cheng Jingye said at the forum on the China International Import Expo, which is scheduled to be held in Shanghai in November.(Australia-China Import expo)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak tabled a redelineated electoral map to the Parliament on Wednesday, amid fierce protests from the opposition that the map, which saw a large portion of the electoral districts changed, is in favor of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Among the 222 seats listed in the report by the Malaysian Election Commission, only constituencies in the northern state of Perlis and Putrajaya, the Malaysian administrative capital, remained unchanged.(Malaysia-Election)

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CANBERRA -- By signing up to Facebook users may be unwittingly signing unfair contracts, the head of Australia's competition watchdog has warned.

Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), said that the Cambridge Analytica scandal was good "in a sense" because it brought "how much data Facebook has" and how they can use it.(Australia-Facebook)

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MACAO -- The list of "Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2018" was unveiled here on Tuesday night, as an Indian cuisine restaurant in Bangkok was awarded Best Restaurant in Asia 2018.

Indian cuisine restaurant Gaggan in Bangkok, operated by chef Gaggan Anand, ranked as the first for the fourth consecutive year. A restaurant from the Macao Special Administrative Region, Jade Dragon, was also included this year.(Macao-Asia best restaurants)

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NEW DELHI -- The state-owned Indian Railways has got a whopping 20 million applicants for about 100,000 jobs.

"So far, we have got 20 million applications. But the number is likely to swell by the time the deadline ends Saturday. More and more youths are looking for a stable career in government sector," a senior railway official said Wednesday.(India-Railway-Applicants) Enditem

 

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