China news roundup / Nachrichten 2025-12-05/06

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China is issuing streamlined licenses for rare earth exports, state media says

""China has been actively making use of general licenses and other facilitation measures to promote compliant trade in dual-use items," state news outlet Xinhua said on Thursday, quoting a Commerce Ministry weekly briefing.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that at least three Chinese rare earth magnet makers had secured licenses enabling them to accelerate exports to some customers. "

--- China says, the Chinese media say, the CCP says. China surely talks a lot. But you should check what they actually do.
Speaking of:

Still just a trickle of US soyabeans to China despite trade deal

"China doesn’t need the volumes cited in the trade deal. It has successfully replaced most of the US trade with soyabeans from Brazil and Argentina. Soyabean inventories at Chinese ports are currently at record highs.
China continues to buy more soyabeans from South America, supporting dry bulk shipping demand on that route.
Brazilian soyabean exports totalled 4.2m tonnes in November, up 64% year on year (y/y), according to a broker report. November volumes were driven by shipments to China.
Exports in December are projected to be 2.8m tonnes, up 90% y/y, “extending strong late-season performance despite the typical year-end slowdown”. "

--- Which is a typical deal with China.

Trump unveils strategy to prevent China conflict over Taiwan

""We will build a military capable of denying aggression anywhere," in the chain of islands stretching from Japan to Southeast Asia, said the latest document. "But the American military cannot, and should not have to, do this alone. Our allies must step up and spend - and more importantly do - much more for collective defense."""

--- Which sounds good on the surface. Considering how everything for Trump is about monetary value, we can expect this to come only true if somebody else is paying for it.

‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: China’s nat. sec office in Hong Kong summons international media

"“Recently, some foreign media reports on Hong Kong have disregarded facts, spread false information, distorted and smeared the government’s disaster relief and aftermath work, attacked and interfered with the Legislative Council election, (and) provoked social division and confrontation,”"

--- Translation: You published uncomfortable truths and we really, really don't like that.

Ukraine, trade, pandas: What China’s Xi and France’s Macron discussed in Beijing

"China said it was open to importing more goods from France in exchange for a “fair, conducive environment” for Chinese businesses in the European nation"

"Macron said he welcomed Beijing’s “renewed willingness to facilitate access to the Chinese market for French products, particularly agricultural goods,” including wine, pork, poultry and beef"

--- Moron.

"The countries will work toward establishing a framework that allows for increased Chinese direct investment in Europe, particularly in France, where it will create more jobs, Macron said"

--- Moron.

"“I hope China will join our call and our efforts to achieve, as soon as possible, at the very least a cease-fire in the form of a moratorium on strikes targeting critical infrastructure,” Macron said"

--- Moron.

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Germany's foreign minister travels to China to mend fences

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--- China Uncensored featured the usual weekend news variety:

--- China Uncensored: "China Goes On The Warpath With Japan"

--- DW News: "China deploys unprecedented numbers of military vessels across East Asian waters"

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China will Ausfuhren seltener Erden erleichtern

"In der Diskussion um die Exportkontrollen für seltenen Erden hat Chinas Führung lockerere Regeln angekündigt. "Meines Wissens hat die chinesische Regierung alle konformen Exportanträge für zivile Nutzung genehmigt", teilte der Sprecher des Handelsministeriums, He Yadong, auf einer Pressekonferenz in Peking mit.
"Gleichzeitig macht die Regierung von allgemeinen Genehmigungen und anderen Erleichterungsmaßnahmen aktiv Gebrauch." Weitere Angaben machte der Sprecher aber nicht."

--- Derartige Meldungen gibt es jetzt mindestens seit Juli. Was sich getan hat? Nichts.

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Kritische Stimmen nach Hochhausbrand unerwünscht

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