Chinese President Xi Jinping attends welcome ceremony held by Kyrgyz President
--Chinese President Xi Jinping attends welcome ceremony and holds talk with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov --China's manufacturing PMI rises to 49.8 in August as non-manufacturing PMI holds steady at 49.0 --US automaker General Motor reaches tentative deal with Canadian unions
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