China

• Japan’s New Clarity on Taiwan Is a Wake-Up Call - The Japanese leader’s candor over Taiwan brought the shared regional stakes out into the open, and the U.S. must stand behind its ally.
• Damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft to return to Earth uncrewed for inspection - By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 1 (Reuters) - China's first crewed spacecraft to be ruled unfit to fly in mid-mission will be sent back to Earth for experts to assess the damage it sustained more
• bound4blue expands eSAIL production in China through regional partnerships - The company plans to produce up to 100 eSAIL units annually from 2026, with potential for higher output as more facilities become operational.
• European markets start December in negative territory, as defense sells off - European stocks started the last trading month of the year in negative territory.
• An industry focused on death faces an existential crisis - The small, family run companies that make traditional memorialization products like gravestones are facing the dual challenges of tariffs and cremation.
• China factory activity edges up in November but remains in contraction for eighth month as fading holiday demand drags services - The National Bureau of Statistics said the manufacturing purchasing managers index rose to 49.2, up 0.2 points from October and in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll.
• China bans pork imports from Barcelona after Spain's swine fever outbreak - MADRID/BEIJING (Reuters) -China has banned pork imports from Barcelona province after Spain detected its first case of African swine fever in three decades in two wild boar found dead in the area, a Chinese Customs document seen ​by Reuters
• Exclusive-Huawei, ZTE seal 5G deals in Vietnam after US tariffs, as ties with China warm​ - HANOI (Reuters) -China's leading telecommunication firms Huawei and ZTE have won a string of contracts this year to supply 5G equipment in Vietnam, in another sign of Hanoi's strengthening bonds with Beijing, stirring concern among Western
• Dutch chipmaker Nexperia urges Chinese units to help restore supply chain - (Reuters) -Dutch chipmaker Nexperia, whose supply chain was broken up when the Dutch government took over the ​company in September,  urged its Chinese units in an open letter on ‌Thursday to help restore normal production. Nexperia's Dutc
• Nexperia accused by parent Wingtech and Chinese unit of plotting to move supply chain - BEIJING/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Wingtech, the Chinese parent company of Netherlands-based Nexperia, accused its Dutch unit on Friday of conspiring to build a ​non-Chinese supply chain and permanently strip it of its control, escalating tension