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After almost two years in which the transatlantic alliance verged on collapse, a Democratic landslide in the US midterm elections was welcomed in Europe on Wednesday, even if few believed it would be a panacea for ailing ties. The Democratic Party swept both chambers of the US Congress in a crushing rebuke of US President Donald Trump’s two-year record. For Europe, that period has led to a shattering of the post-war order and deep schisms in the Western coalition. Trump has pulled US support for

China steps up defence of stock market in bid to revive AI boom Financial Times

Solvay strikes rare earths deal that will reduce global dependence on China Financial Times

Pomdoctor outlines four-tier business model shift in China healthcare StreetInsider

With just a fortnight until the Apec summit in Shenzhen, preparations are reportedly under way for the first meeting between the leaders of China, Russia and the United States. If the talks go ahead, they could bolster Beijing’s diplomatic standing, although the different priorities of each power were likely to limit consensus and yield few, if any, concrete concessions, observers said. Officials from Beijing, Moscow, and Washington had been holding serious talks to arrange the first trilateral.

What is the one big thing that could stop Xi, Putin and Trump meeting at Apec? South China Morning Post

China expands overseas mining stakes, tightening grip on critical minerals CNBC

Zuellig Pharma buys licensed Hangzhou facility to boost China clinical sourcing Dealroom

Philippine police said on Wednesday that three memory cards and a mobile phone turned over by the son of Meghan Markle’s estranged father contained child sexual abuse material. Last week, Philippine police said they were investigating a laptop found alongside images of child abuse at an alleged former residence of Thomas Markle, whose daughter is married to Britain’s Prince Harry. Philippine interior minister Jonvic Remulla said at the time the country planned to take “appropriate legal actions”

CIIE Preview | Volkswagen Group China to Showcase Seven Models, VEGA Tech Matrix Makes Debut Gasgoo

China Seeks Extradition of Five Uyghurs From Thailand The China-Global South Project

Singapore’s parliament on Wednesday passed tougher penalties against companies responsible for forest fires in Indonesia, including curbs on related business dealings, as the city state doubles down on enforcement following one of its worst haze episodes in more than a decade. The amended Transboundary Pollution Haze Act will see penalties on such companies increase tenfold to a maximum fine of S$1 million (US$780,000) a day, capped at a total of S$20 million. The Act has been invoked twice...

The Morning Risk Report: The Little-Known Chinese Bank in the Middle of Iranian and Russian Money Flows WSJ

Key Central Asian highway expands on trade route from China towards Europe Yahoo

Uzbekistan expands key highway on China-Europe trade route Euronews.com

Video. Uzbekistan expands key highway on China-Europe trade route Euronews.com