โI have not agreed to anything,โ President Trump told reporters last Friday, crushing the latest round of trade talks optimism, and turning the dial on the Trade War News Cycle to somewhere in between โNo progress is madeโ and โAdministration is tough on trade with China.โ It does not sound like a deal is even close. Get ready for the Trade War News Cycle to make a few more loops around before the end of the year.
Liรบ Shรฌchฤo ๅไธ่ถ , the farmer from rural Hebei who has gone viral on Twitter for developing his own style of what Deadspin dubbed โstunt drinking,โ is doing more for Chinese soft power than the billions the Party wastes on CGTN and the China Daily.
Alibaba-affiliated fintech giant Ant Financial โhas introduced an international version of its mobile payment app, Alipay, allowing travelers to link foreign bank cards to the service for use in China,โ according to TechNode. However, there have been many reports of issues with Alipayโs new feature.
For most of the 24 weeks of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, the city has seethed on weekends but returned to something resembling normalcy on weekdays. Only twice have there been significant exceptions to that โ a general strike on Wednesday, June 12, and further strikes and an occupation of the airport for days in early August. Today was the third exception, as a protester was shot and critically injured by what appeared to be a traffic cop at about 7:15 a.m., according to the Hong Kong Free Press. Later in the day, a man was โset alight following a heated argumentโ with demonstrators, and was admitted to a nearby hospital with severe burns, AFP reports.
Electronic cigarettes have become a huge business in the U.S. and other Western countries in the last few years, as companies promised smokers a healthier alternative, and targeted teenagers with fruity flavors and viral marketing. That wonโt happen in China, it now seems clear, based on new regulations that call for a drastic reduction in the marketing and sale of vaping products.
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China has grand ambitions in outer space, including becoming the second country after the U.S. to land a Mars rover in 2020, operating a full space station by 2022, and building a research station on the Moon by approximately 2030. Officials added one more ambitious goal last week: To set up a $10 trillion Cislunar Economic Zone (ๅฐๆ็ฉบ้ด็ปๆตๅบ dรฌ yuรจ kลngjiฤn jฤซngjรฌ qลซ), or Moon-based economic sector, by 2050.
