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Chinese state media takes aim at Japanese firm KDDI over Mongolia wildfire
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Chinese state media has called for a Japanese telecoms firm to apologise to China over a huge wildfire in neighbouring Mongolia, as diplomatic tensions run high between Beijing and Tokyo. The grassland fire broke out on October 8 and burned about 80 per cent of a nature reserve on the Mongolia-China
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23 Oct 02:57
South China Morning PostFirst
Chinese state media takes aim at Japanese firm KDDI over Mongolia wildfire
South China Morning Post
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