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Meituan Shares Get Butchered As China Introduces Tougher Laws

Meituan (OTC:MPNGY) shares shed ~15% after China issued new guidelines asking food delivery platforms to cut restaurant fees to reduce business costs, Bloomberg reports. Online food delivery platforms will have to offer preferential fees to restaurants in regions hit by the pandemic, as per the National Development and Reform Commission. Related Content: US Adds…

Benzinga

Huawei Aims To Spend $633M On Digital Energy HQ, R&D Center

Huawei Technologies looks to spend CNY4 billion ($632.52 million) on building a new headquarters and R&D center for its digital power unit, Reuters reports. Huawei Digital Power inked an agreement on February 17 with the local government of the southern metropolis of Shenzhen, where its parent is headquartered, for the project.…

Benzinga

Opinion: One Man, a Poor Coal Mining Town, and 173 World Speed-Skating Titles

Meng Qingyu’s life’s work of turning Qitaihe into China’s speed-skating mecca shows that wealth isn’t necessary to cultivate Olympic champions

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Tesla Now Has Over 1,100 Supercharger Stations In China

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) added 24 Supercharger stations in mainland China last month, taking its offering to more than 1,100 in the region, CnEVpost

Benzinga

How citizenship row clouded Eileen Gu’s Olympics

Success of Chinese American skier should have been a positive story but geopolitics got in the way

The Guardian - UK

Conflict is looming between Russia and the Ukraine. This is why it matters to Australia

The looming conflict between Russia and Ukraine is much more complicated, and much more important, than we might think – important even to Australia.

The New Daily

AU/EU summit interview: Africa needs to find its own way, NGO director says

EU and African leaders on Thursday launched a two-day summit aimed at rebooting ties through pledges of major investment in the face of competition from China and Russia. But critics say Africa should be able to deal with other blocs on an equal footing. RFI English's Jan van der Made…

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What's going to happen in Ukraine?

Yes, Russia could invade Ukraine, as Biden keeps saying. But other outcomes are more likely — and far preferable

Salon

Covid: South Korea reports more than 100,000 new cases for first time – as it happened

Latest updates: south Korean case numbers have risen in recent weeks due to Omicron

The Guardian - UK

China’s human rights record made Winter Olympics ‘irresponsible’, says Swedish athlete

Gold medallist Nils van der Poel criticises Chinese regime and decision to hold games in Beijing

The Guardian - UK

'No-COVID' policy drags on Hong Kong economy as cases surge

Once bustling Hong Kong is languishing amid a strict zero-COVID strategy that has closed bank branches and movie theaters

The Independent UK

Tesla's Car Colorizer Is Here: Can You Change Your Vehicle's Color With It?

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) on Thursday expanded its car color feature in the United States and other regions after piloting it in China earlier this month.

Benzinga

Hong Kong parents rush to vaccinate children as COVID surges

Hong Kong parents rushed children as young as 3 years old to vaccination centres this week as the government lowered the age limit for the shots and the deaths of two toddlers exacerbated concerns in a city struggling to cope with a COVID-19 surge.

Reuters

US Says Nuclear Deal Possible Within Days If Iran 'Shows Seriousness'

The United States said Thursday that "substantial progress" during negotiations in Vienna to save the Iran nuclear deal had been made, deeming an agreement possible within days if Iran "shows seriousness" on the matter. The Vienna talks, which involve Iran as well as Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia directly,…

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Caixin Global

Opinion: China Has Approved Pfizer’s Covid Drug. What’s Next?

The government now needs to place an order and set a delivery schedule, given the limited supply

Caixin Global

Shanghai Composite Index Rose 0.66% on Friday

Shenzhen Component Index closed up 0.27%

The Guardian - AU

Winter Olympics day 14: GB women into curling final – as it happened

Eve Muirhead and co set up a curling final against Japan after Eileen Gu won another gold medal for China, and ROC beat Sweden in the men’s hockey

Axios

Eileen Gu wins gold in women's freeski halfpipe for 3rd medal at Beijing Winter Olympics

It's the U.S.-born skier's 2nd gold for Team China.

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What is 'a Manchurian candidate'? Five quick questions, answered

The Prime Minister labelled Labor's deputy leader "a Manchurian candidate" in his attempt to paint the opposition as being soft on China. But what does it mean, and why is it drawing such widespread criticism?

The Guardian - UK

Eileen Gu soars to hat-trick of medals at Beijing Games with freeski halfpipe gold

China’s Eileen Gu cruised to victory in the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final, claiming her second gold medal at the Beijing Olympics

Los Angeles Times

China’s Eileen Gu wins gold in women’s freestyle halfpipe

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — When some competitors barely cleared the top of the halfpipe on late-run tricks, Chinese star Eileen Gu continued to soar. Camera operators bent backward to track the teenager’s motion through the air as she spun off the wall of the halfpipe, climbing higher and higher just as…

Reuters

Hong Kong 'cannot afford to lose' fight against surging COVID

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it would take up to three months to stabilise a worsening COVID-19 pandemic that has overwhelmed health facilities and forced the postponement of an upcoming leadership election.

Tribune News Service

China tries to quell ‘chained mother’ scandal marring Olympics

China is stepping up efforts to ease broad public anger over a mother of eight children who was found chained by the neck in a shack after local authorities were accused of downplaying the matter.

Benzinga

Ford Partners With Tesla Co-founder's EV Battery Recycling Venture Program In California

Ford Motor Co (NYSE: F) and China’s Geely Automobile-owned Volvo Cars (OTC: VLVLY) have partnered with Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) co-

Foreign Affairs

What If Russia Wins?

A Kremlin-Controlled Ukraine Would Transform Europe

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