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NEW: Germany and the Czech Republic denied requests for Taiwan President Lai Ching-te to transit through Europe earlier this month, dooming his last-minute effort to circumvent a China-backed blockade of his first diplomatic trip to Africa bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

EXCLUSIVE: China moves to restrict banks, state firms and government bodies from using OpenClaw AI apps on office computers over security concerns bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Great reporting here from Bloomberg

1/5 Bloomberg: "The scale of the problem is staggering. Trade data released Thursday showed a record $112 billion gap between what China reported exporting to the US and what US Customs said actually arrived last year." bloomberg.com/news/features/…

It was a privilege to be a Post correspondent, roaming the world the last 7+ years for a paper I very much believed in. I'm gone along with the rest of the ME team and majority of teammates from Delhi to Beijing to Kyiv & Latam. Sad day, but it was a lot of fun and we raised hell

Value Partners Group honorary chairman Cheah Cheng Hye made a rare public call for democratic reforms in Hong Kong at an event attended by mainland Chinese and local officials bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Can Donald Trump pull off a "Donroe Doctrine" to keep China and other foreign powers out of the Western Hemisphere? 20+ Bloomberg reporters and editors from 10 countries worked together to deliver this And hey we've got charts and maps

@shaunrein McKinsey's Daniel Zipser used the term as early as 2020 Daniel Zipser (a senior partner): Well, I’ve always been asked, “Daniel, what’s the next China?” And the only thing I can tell the multinational CEOs is, “China is the next China.” mckinsey.com/industries/con…

1/🚨@HKFP has paid Inland Revenue HK$57,692 in order to close a tax probe that was ongoing for nearly two years. With our full cooperation, auditors were only able to uncover an alleged tax shortfall worth HK$3,020 in 2021-22 amid a seven-year investigation into our accounts. The discrepancy was valued at 0.78% of our income that year. Unknown what this cost the taxpayer. But HKFP appeals for support to tackle our HK$1.4m 2025 deficit and the HK$57k demand. 🙏 Full story & IRD's response: hongkongfp.com/2025/10/31/20-… Help HKFP close our deficit and tackle the IRD demand: hongkongfp.com/support-hong-k…

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BREAKING: MISS. 22K JOBS. UNEMPLOYMENT RISES TO 4.3% Economists had expected 75K NFP and a 4.3% unemployment rate. bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

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Don't miss who's missing from the parade. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… And don't miss our earlier Big Take on China's biggest purge of military leaders since Mao bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

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