Links for Thursday, December 1, 2022

Hong Kong court postpones Jimmy Lai trial
Hong Kong publisher’s national security trial postponed / AP
Trial of Hong Kong’s Lai delayed as Beijing weighs ruling on foreign lawyers / Reuters
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s trial on hold over lawyer dispute / Nikkei Asia (paywall)
Media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s trial adjourned to Dec 13, Hong Kong Immigration withholds visa extension for his lawyer / HKFP

Xi and Michel
Xi urges calming crisis in Ukraine during talks with Michel / Bloomberg (paywall)
European Council chief raises China’s Covid measures in Xi meeting / FT (paywall)
China hopes for fair, transparent environment for companies in EU – Xi / Reuters
Xi meets European Council chief, pledges supply chain cooperation / SCMP (paywall)
China’s Xi urges Ukraine talks in meeting with EU’s Michel / AP

Stocks cling to hopes of a exit to COVID zero
China stocks rally on signs of Beijing COVID shift / Nikkei Asia (paywall)

TSMC boosts chipmaking in the U.S.
TSMC plans to make more advanced chips in U.S. at urging of Apple / Bloomberg (paywall)
“Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will offer advanced 4-nanometer chips when its new $12 billion plant in Arizona opens in 2024, an upgrade from its previous public statements, after U.S. customers such as Apple Inc. pushed the company to do so, according to people familiar with the matter.”