Singapore leads new finance system to speed Asean decarbonisation – Nikkei Asia: ‘Called transition credit, it is based on the amount of carbon emissions reduced by closing coal-fired plants early.’ asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finan…

China-Pakistan defence ties threatened by new US ballistic missile sanctions – Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Defen…

Chinese cities increase consumer subsidies as weak demand and deflationary pressures weigh on economy – The Straits Times straitstimes.com/asia/chinese-c…

Chinese deal activity shifts toward emerging markets and into greenfields – Nikkei Asia: ‘Asia becoming the largest recipient of Chinese outbound foreign direct investment since 2017, according to Rhodium Group’ asia.nikkei.com/Business/Busin…

What to make of Asean’s ties with Russia – Tommy Koh in The Straits Times: ‘The reality is that the Asean-Russia relationship is thin on substance.’ straitstimes.com/opinion/what-t…

China, America, and a global struggle for power and influence – Gideon Rachman in FT: ‘But as the US reaches the limits of its security-based diplomacy, China’s trade and investment-based strategy is also running into trouble.’ ft.com/content/78f303…

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s Remarks on the Situation in the Kosovo Region – PRC MFA: ‘China respects Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and believes that the security and lawful rights and interests of ethnic Serbs in the Kosovo region …’ fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/2…

Chinese automaker BYD has moved to fully control a joint venture it had in China with Mercedes-Benz, as an increasing number of foreign carmakers dial back their exposure to the world’s biggest auto market – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

While wealthy cities like Shanghai and Shenzhen have led China’s EV revolution, lagging demand in poorer rural areas shows how hard it is to leave gasoline cars behind – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/features/…

CATL has — in a short space of time — become the world’s largest maker of electric car batteries. Now the Chinese company wants to dominate in trucks – Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China’s grip on the global supply of rare earth minerals critical to high technology is undercutting projects from the US to Japan – Bloomberg: ‘a slump in prices since 2022 is undermining the business case for those projects.’ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Delegations from Canada and Germany meet officials in Taipei – Taipei Times: ‘Michael Muller, a member of the German parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), visited Taiwan with fellow […] Andreas Larem’ taipeitimes.com/News/front/arc…

Solidifying China-Russia strategic cooperation a security risk, Taiwan’s MAC says – Taipei Times taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/ar…

Top EU Commission team that may shape China policy revealed by Ursula von der Leyen – SCMP: ‘Letters from von der Leyen to her proposed leadership team suggest the trend will continue.’ scmp.com/news/china/dip…

US probes uranium imports from China to prevent circumventing Russian ban – Reuters: ‘probing whether China is supporting Russia's nuclear industry by importing enriched uranium from its neighbor and exporting its own production to the U.S.’ reuters.com/markets/commod…

Germany’s Habeck calls for political solution to EV tariff dispute with China – Reuters: ‘“We want to avoid a trade conflict with spiraling tariffs that ultimately harms both sides at all costs,” Habeck said in a statement.’ reuters.com/business/autos…

EU must find right balance on clean tech trade with China, says Draghi – Reuters reuters.com/markets/europe…

Chinese envoy to UN urges US to push Israel to cease military operations in Gaza – Xinhua english.news.cn/20240917/06b7c…

China betaalt bijna de helft van dit nieuwe kanaal door Cambodja – met welk doel? – NRC: „Vietnam heeft al geprotesteerd tegen de komst van het kanaal. De Mekongrivier loopt nu via Vietnam naar zee.” nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/09…