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Brazil suspends beef exports to China after 2 cases of atypical mad cow disease

China and Hong Kong buy over 50% of Brazilian beef exports.

  • Brazil discovered two cases of “atypical” mad cow disease in two separate domestic meat plants ( “atypical” means the disease develops spontaneously, not related to eating contaminated foods)
  • only the 4th and 5th cases of atypical mad cow disease detected in Brazil in 23 years
Info via Reuters reports.
More from China, ride-hailing (tech) giant Didi has denied media reports about Beijing municipal government-led investment in the firm. Via Bloomberg news.
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Not related but in other weekend news Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures are preparing to extend COVID19 states of emergency by around 2 weeks. Another 6

China looking at increased regulation of data, security of ‘intelligent vehicles’

An official at China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned of risks posed by network security issues such as network attacks and network intrusions.

Flagged increased regulation to protect on issues such as the collection of personal information.
The report comes via Bloomberg, link (may be gated)  and needs to be read in light of the crackdowns in the country on many tech-related industries. The crackdowns have led to investor concerns re the industries in China.
An official at China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warned of risks posed by network security issues such as network attacks and network intrusions.