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Latest flare-up sparks concerns over using same aircraft for both international and domestic routes; Beijing criticizes submarine deal between three Western nations; and China’s GDP growth to surpass target

New Covid variant spooks investors; China’s big data sector on track to surpass $470 billion by 2025; and Fuyao, the company at the heart of ‘American Factory’, devotes $1.6 billion for new tech university
 

Study argues shifting to a policy of co-existence with the coronavirus could lead to ‘disastrous’ results for China; international financial firms in Hong Kong pay up to cover pricey staff quarantine costs; and Macao gambling tycoon detained

Plus, Meituan suffers biggest loss in three years; Alibaba and Baidu ordered to intensify fraud prevention; and China’s birth rate drops to lowest point in decades

What others can learn from the city-state’s approach to handling the coronavirus; foreign ministry warns Chinese nationals to stay vigilant following attacks in Congo; and Shanghai further extends maternity leave

The ’white robe wizard’ is one of many nonnative species in China that destroys crops, hurts farmers’ livelihoods and threatens native wildlife.
 

Read the article by Kang Jia, Meng Lingxiao and Cai Xuejiao: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-11-03/in-depth-combating-the-north-american-pest-that-has-reveled-in-beijings-wet-summer-101795746.html

Narrated by Elyse Ribbons.

Tune in for a keynote speech as well as a dialogue with Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s deputy prime minister and coordinating minister for economic policies. Moderated by Li Xin, vice-president of Caixin Media and managing editor of Caixin Global
 

China’s market for human growth hormone surges, benefiting GeneScience and Anke Biotechnology as foreign suppliers rush in.

Read the article by Zhao Jinzhao, Chen Xi, Xiang Kai, Gui Yixuan and Denise Jia: https://www.caixinglobal.com/2021-11-01/cover-story-how-drugmakers-feed-on-chinese-parents-anxiety-over-childrens-height-101794229.html

Narrated by Heather Heather Mowbray.

In her keynote speech, New Zealand's prime minister discusses challenges and opportunities for the world in the economy, environmental issues and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Top Shanghai data cop sacked for dabbling in bribery and ‘sensual pleasures’; Beijing discusses plans to build bridges from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan; Washington blacklists several Chinese chipmakers