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Premier Li Keqiang will officiate at the opening of the China-Asean Expo in Guangxi's regional capital Nanning. While trade and investment are the focus of the four-day event, it's been the "was he or wasn't he" saga involving Philippine President Benigno Aquino that's so far made headlines. Chinese media had reported that Aquino would make a one-day visit to the fair, which has the Philippines as this year's "country of honour". But then Manila said Aquino had been asked by China to postpone his visit to a "more conducive time". China's Foreign Ministry then said Aquino was never invited in the first place. Relations between the nations have soured over territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Community Business, a non-profit organisation advancing corporate social responsibility, joins 39 companies to launch the Business Action on Poverty Campaign. The companies will become the first signatories to the Business Action on Poverty Charter, with the campaign's details to be revealed today.