(Preview) The TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood

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Xi visits Shenyang; Regulators discuss measures to help capital markets; A TikTok deal “short of divestiture”?; “Anesthetics Not anesthetizing and laxatives not laxating” — Sinocism

Xi in Liaoning; New plan to get long-term capital into the markets; Trump threatens 10% tariffs; TikTok; Dear Li Hua; Fukushima — Sinocism

APPLICATION OF PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED APPLICATIONS ACT TO TIKTOK — White House

Trump says he’s open to TikTok sale to Elon Musk or Larry Ellison — CNBC

Donald Trump says China tariffs could hinge on TikTok deal — FT

Trump says he’s considering a 10% tariff on China beginning as soon as Feb. 1 — CNBC

US lawmakers seek to end China's special trade status, import duty exemption — Reuters

One Weapon China Is Reluctant to Deploy Against Tariffs: A Weaker Currency — WSJ

Taiwan reports unprecedented undersea cable damage this year — Nikkei Asia

Taiwan lawmakers risk alienating Donald Trump with defence funds freeze — FT

Wars and Rumors of Wars — N.Y. Times

China Welcomes Back Hollywood Movies in Bid to Boost Spending — Bloomberg

Shanghai’s old cinemas tell of a power reversal between China and Hollywood — L.A. Times