Asian stocks retreat as China's growth slowdown deepens
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TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Thursday after soft Chinese economic data showed the trade war between Beijing and Washington hitting growth in the world's second-largest economy.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , which had drifted in to positive territory in morning trade, turned negative to trade 0.4% lower.Japan's Nikkei stock index dropped 0.6%, while Shanghai blue chips turned from positive to flat and Australia's S&P/ASX200 index wiped some of..