Citing national security concerns, Beijing began investigating three Chinese tech platforms (FT) listed on U.S. stock exchanges shortly after banning the ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing from Chinese app stores following the company’s listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Online recruitment company Boss Zhipin and truck-hailing apps Yunmanman and Huochebang are banned from registering new users while under investigation.
In Foreign Affairs, Jude Blanchette writes that President Xi Jinping’s expansive definition of national security will steer China in a more inward and paranoid direction.
Japan: Authorities announced that twenty-nine people are missing (Kyodo) and four have died after heavy rainfall caused a massive mudslide in Shizuoka Prefecture on Saturday.
