HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rose Thursday as investors try to ascertain the state of play in the China-US trade row, while the pound edged higher on optimism Britain will not crash out of the European Union. However, the US government shutdown continued to rankle, with Democrats and Donald Trump digging their heels in over the president’s border wall budget demand, while a White House official warned it could hammer the world’s top economy. […]