| * Thailand's PM rejects call to resign * Ukraine on brink of upheaval * Chinese data push up Asia bourses, Aussie dollar
* Cameron calls for China investment in UK's HS2 * Japan's drugs groups tap western remedies * Japan to take up spat over China air zone with US * Film-maker fined for breach of one-child policy * IPOs set to resume in China Markets: mixed Thailand's PM rejects call to resign
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rejects opposition calls to resign amid fresh clashes between police and protesters in the capital Bangkok
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuO Ukraine on brink of upheaval
Vicious police action in Kiev to break up a protest and brutal trade pressure from Russia bring hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on to the streets
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuQ Chinese data push up Asia bourses, Aussie dollar
Stronger than expected data on Chinese manufacturing fuelled Chinese stockmarkets and the Australian dollar, which gained 0.6 per cent against the greenback.
http://on.ft.com/1gwP989 Cameron calls for China investment in UK's HS2
David Cameron has opened the door to Chinese investment in the proposed High Speed 2 rail line from London to the north, in a move that would entrench China's crucial role in helping deliver UK infrastructure projects.
http://on.ft.com/IA3HHI Japan's drugs groups tap western remedies
Takeda's appointment of a European as its chief designate is latest example of a decision by the country's drugs sector to accept outside expertise
http://on.ft.com/1c67QuR Japan to take up spat over China air zone with US
Japanese politicians will take up their anxieties over China's controversial new air defence zone with US vice-president Joe Biden on Tuesday, as the country looks to bolster international support for its opposition to the move.
http://on.ft.com/1bbt9Kv Film-maker fined for breach of one-child policy
One of China's most famous film directors Zhang Yimou has agreed to pay a fine for exceeding the number of children he can father under the so-called one child policy, which was recently relaxed to allow more couples to bear a second child.
http://on.ft.com/IouSFO Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.03% at 1,019 Europe
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Bovespa up +1.23% at 52,482 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -0.04% at 15,655
Topix up +0.02% at 1,259
Hang Seng up +0.66% at 24,039
Shanghai Composite down -0.59% at 2,207
MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.34% at 474.48
CNX Nifty up +0.68% at 6,218 Currencies
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Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.08 at 109.77
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