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UPDATE 1-Chinese investors bargain-hunting for China shares, just not in China

* Support measures put artificial floor under mainland stocks (Updates with links to video content and graphics)

UPDATE 1-Kurds won't attend Syria talks, Saudi-backed opponents to take lead -Fabius

PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Syrian Kurdish officials will not be invited to peace talks in Geneva, where negotiations for the opposition will be led by a Saudi-backed opposition group, France's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Qatar emir names new foreign minister in cabinet reshuffle

DOHA, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Qatar's emir issued a decree on Wednesday in which he named a new foreign minister, state news agency QNA reported.

UPDATE 3-U.S. slams Taiwan president's planned visit to contested South China Sea island

* Tensions have been rising in South China Sea (Recasts with U.S. comment)

UPDATE 1-LG Chem says to restart South Korea naphtha cracker "soon"

* Naphtha market marked by heavy prompt supply (Adds comment, detail)

Oil investor Hall sees conditions ripe for a rebound in crude

* Just 1 pct of spare capacity to deal with disruption - Hall

U.S. says Taiwan president's visit to disputed South China Sea island "unhelpful"

TAIPEI, Jan 27 (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's planned trip to the Taiwanese-held island of Itu Aba in the disputed South China Sea is "extremely unhelpful" and will not contribute to the peaceful resolution of disputes.

U.S. shale firms, struggling to profit with $30 oil, slash spending more

HOUSTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Three major U.S. shale oil companies have slashed their 2016 capital spending plans more than expected in a bid to survive $30 a barrel oil prices, with one of them saying prices would need to rise more than 20 percent just to turn a profit.

China on course to meet 2020 nuclear capacity targets -official

BEIJING, Jan 27 (Reuters) - China is on course to meet its target to raise its total installed nuclear capacity to 58 gigawatts (GW) after a resumption in new project approvals last year, an official with the country's nuclear agency said on Wednesday.

UPDATE 2-U.S., China must find way forward on North Korea, South China Sea - Kerry

* North Korea nuclear programme "major challenge" to global security

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