Wednesday, July 18, 2018 China's hydro dam ambitions and their consequences TOP STORIES Dear reader, Today, we have an interesting mix of four news stories from China. Pinduoduo is a company to watch, as its three-year-old ecommerce marketplace is now used by nearly a quarter of China’s population, especially those from smaller cities, which don’t get as much mainstream media attention. A year ago, only a third as many had purchased something with Pinduoduo. U.S.-China trade negotiations seem to have frozen before they even started, as 13 days out from the start of $34 billion tit-for-tat tariffs, American officials say the ball is in China’s court, and China waits for more businesses to revolt against the Trump administration. A movie, of all things, is spurring meaningful change in drug policy, as Dying to Survive remains a cultural phenomenon in the country and the demand for cheaper imported drugs grows. Air China is being punished for its vaping co-pilot incident,
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