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PRECIOUS-Gold slips as positive China data boosts risk assets * Gold specs raise net long positions for 2nd week * U.S. February retail sales data due at 1230 GMT * GRAPHIC-20return19 asset s: http://tmsnrt.rs/2jvdmXl (Adds comments; updates prices)By K. Sathya Narayanan April 1 Gold prices slipped on Monday as appetite for riskier assets improved on signs of progress in Sino-U.S. trad e talks a nd upbeat Chinese economic data.Spot gold was down about 0.2 percent at $1,289.79 per ounce by 0638 GMT, after touching its lowest since March 8 at $1,286.35 on Friday.U.S. GCcv1 were down about 0.3 percent at $1,294.40 an ounce. Asian stocks rallied after data showed factory activity in China unexpectedly grew for the first time in four months in March. MKTS/GLOB most extreme part of the global growth slowdown panic has subsided a little bit and the Chinese data is responsible for that, but it is a single data point which should be backed by more data," said Kyle Rodda, a marke