AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- New Zealand and China have a maturing relationship, which is incredibly positive, said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday as local residents gathered together to celebrate the Chinese New Year Festival.

Speaking at the 2020 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day event in Auckland, Ardern was optimistic about the relationship between New Zealand and China. She acknowledged that New Zealand-China relations are important and far reaching, and are going from strength to strength. (NZ-China-Ties)

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TOKYO -- A group of four men on Saturday attacked and wounded three people with knives in a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan and fled the scene.

According to NHK, the culprits disguised as customers and entered the restaurant in Shinjuku district on Saturday morning and attacked three people working at the restaurant. (Japan-Attack)

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ISLAMABAD -- China has successfully lifted more than 800 million people out of poverty, which is a great achievement without parallel in history, and Pakistan is learning from China's experience, Pakistani President Arif Alvi said.

"Pakistan has learnt three things (from China): better health for its people, better education for its people and then equal opportunities to be provided to the people," the president said here Friday in an interview with the Chinese media. (Pakistan-China-Poverty Alleviation)

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- A joint tourism year initiative was officially launched here on Friday evening by high-level officials of China and Brunei to mark the start of a one-year event in tourism cooperation.

Zhang Xu, China's vice minister of culture and tourism, Yu Hong, Chinese ambassador to Brunei, Princess Hajah Masna, Brunei's Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Haji Ali, Brunei's Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism and other senior government officials attended the event to mark the opening of the China-Brunei Year of Tourism 2020. (Brunei-China-Tourism)

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NHA TRANG, Vietnam -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will strengthen the region's external relations and reinforce the ASEAN-centered regional architecture in 2020, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said Friday.

Minh spoke at a press conference following the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat held on Thursday and Friday in the country's central city of Nha Trang, which is the first gathering of the bloc's foreign ministers in 2020 under the theme "Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN." (Vietnam-ASEAN-FM) Enditem

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