Aumentano gli episodi di violenza di massa in Cina, Starmer cerca un rapporto positivo con la Cina, proprio mentre ad Hong Kong fioccano le condanne per 45 attivisti e Jimmy Lai attende la sua in prigione. La carta Musk potrebbe cambiare la politica di Trump verso la Cina, ed anche l'UE impara a giocare nel Beijing Consensus: tecnologia vs quote di mercato.

- China stabbing leaves eight dead in second mass-casualty attack in a week (The Financial Times);

- A spate of horrific car-rammings shakes China (The Economist);

- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denies foreign collusion in security trial (The Financial Times);

- Hong Kong sentences 45 pro-democracy activists to prison in landmark security trial (The Financial Times);

- Keir Starmer refuses to condemn Hong Kong crackdown (The Financial Times);

- Snuffing out the flame of freedom in Hong Kong (The Economist);

- Helping America’s hawks get inside the head of Xi Jinping (The Economist);

- Donald Trump’s second term will present new dangers for China (The Economist);

- Joe Biden loses to Xi Jinping in battle for Latin America (The Financial Times);

- China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption (The Financial Times);

- EU to demand technology transfers from Chinese companies (The Financial Times);

- Apple hits hurdles in China with AI rollout for iPhones (The Financial Times);

- China’s EV price war set to intensify next year as BYD squeezes suppliers (The Financial Times);

- Chinese officials bundle British journalists out of Starmer-Xi meeting (Politico)