Day hike to Kung Um Shan 11-30-20
Sanctions on four Americans
Chinese FM announced sanctions on four Americans as countermeasures against earlier US sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong, including NED senior director John Knaus and NDI regional director Manpreet Anand, Rosario, Director of the Hong Kong Chapter, and Xue De-Oo, Director of Programs and urged US to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. 中方决定对在涉港问题上表现恶劣的美国国家民族基金会亚洲事务高级主任约翰·克劳斯，美国国际事务民主协会亚洲项目负责人阿南德、香港分部主任罗萨里奥、项目主任薛德敖等4人实施制裁。
Chicken must die
China’s imports from Australia down 4.9% from Jan-Nov amid trade, political tussles: customs figures
China imposes swingeing tariffs on Australian wine in ‘devastating blow’ to exporters,
- 12-10-20 China’s Ministry of Commerce said it would impose anti_subsidy tariffs on Australian wine on Friday – nearly two weeks after China imposed anti-dumping tariffs against Aussie wine.
- 12-12-20 A list of alleged 41 Chinese-owned Australian wineries sparks a new boycott wave over Chinese goods.
China’s crackdown on Australian coal imports sends prices sliding
Australian barley hits 3-year low amid friction with Beijing, WTO action ‘the next step’ for Canberra over Beijing’s barley duties
China slaps new ban on Aussie beef
- 12-8-20 China has suspended imports from Australian beef supplier Meramist Pty Ltd, the sixth supplier to face such a move in Australia this year amid deteriorating trade ties.
- 12-14-20 Australia’s mutton export to China was hit hard by global pandemic and worsening ties with China, with an importer saying imports have plunged 90% in recent months.
Tonnes of Australian lobsters stuck in Chinese airports amid trade tensions
Rumoured Chinese import suspensions spark wool concern
China’s Australian copper ban seen hurting smelters in TC/RCs talks
- China imported about 26,700 tons of copper concentrate from Australia in November this year, down 34% from October and 77.8% from November last year, the lowest monthly import volume since April this year.
Sour China-Australia ties hit talks over LNG deal, says Woodside
Victorian timber log exports blocked from entering China due to bark beetle
- China has suspended log imports from Australia’s Tasmania and South Australia from December 3 after pests were discovered, said the General Administration of Customs on Monday.
- 12-11-20 China’s General Administration of Customs (GAC) has suspended log imports from Australia’s New South Wales and Western Australia, according to a notice issued by the GAC on Thursday.
Iron ore, Australian iron ore is high quality and consistent, cannot find an alternative from Brazil (too expensive), India (too small), Russia (too backward) yet.
Chinese students in Australia leave as coronavirus upends study
Chinese homebuyers shun Australian market as coronavirus, political tensions take toll
- 5-6-21 Proclamation of the National Development and Reform Commission of the Peoples Republic of China on the Indefinite Suspension of All Activities under China-australia Strategic Economic Dialogue
Scale of China’s Wuhan Shutdown Is Believed to Be Without Precedent
Biden coronavirus advisor says 6-week national shutdown could save US economy
https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/11/biden-coronavirus-advisor-says-6-week-national-shutdown-could-save-economy.html
Coronavirus: Biden rules out ‘national shutdown,’ opts for face mask mandate
https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-biden-rules-out-national-shutdown-opts-for-face-mask-mandate/a-55670306
China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia
Climate change: China’s forest carbon uptake ‘underestimated’
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54714692
China’s aggressive policy of planting trees is likely playing a significant role in tempering its climate impacts.
An international team has identified two areas in the country where the scale of carbon dioxide absorption by new forests has been underestimated.
Bird flu fears grow after spate of mysterious UK swan deaths
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/bird-flu-fears-grow-after-spate-of-mysterious-uk-swan-deaths A spate of baffling swan deaths is strongly suspected to be caused by a virulent new strain of avian flu sweeping across Britain.
Dying swans were found spinning in circles and discharging blood from their nostrils on Ulverston canal, Cumbria. Swan rescuers have taken in more than 25 dying birds in Worcestershire and nine swans were found dead in Stanley Park, Blackpool. Postmortem examinations have confirmed that six black swans and cygnets that died in Dawlish, Devon, had contracted the latest strain of bird flu, H5N8.
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Shanghai the world’s largest international air travel hub
The coronavirus pandemic has reshuffled the international air travel market, and Shanghai has replaced London as the world’s largest hub, the latest report released by the International Air Transport Association showed.
Shanghai is now the top-ranked city for connectivity with the top four most connected cities all in China – Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Chengdu.
The report said London, the world’s number one most-connected city in September 2019, has seen a 67 percent decline in connectivity. By September 2020, it had fallen to number eight. The report also said New York (-66 percent fall in connectivity), Tokyo (-65 percent), Bangkok (-81 percent), Hong Kong (-81 percent) and Seoul (-69 percent) have all exited the top ten.
Day trip to Lung Kwu Tan, Tuen Mun 11-27-20
