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		<title>It apos;s Time To Rethink Tin The Forgotten Critical Mineral: Andy Home</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;By Andy Home&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - There's a tingle of excitement in the tin market.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It helps that the metal has weathered COVID-19 relatively well.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;At a current $18,300 per tonne, the London Metal Exchange (LME) price is up 6.5% on the start of 2020 and nudging against September's one-year high of $18,510.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It also helps that sentiment among the small number of analysts who cover the tin market is turning bullish based on anticipated supply deficits over the coming years.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, underpinning the rosy market outlook is also a more fundamental reappraisal of tin's role in what's dubbed the Fourth Industrial Revolution - the coming whirlwind of machine-to-machine communication, the internet of things and artificial intelligence.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tin is classified as a critical mineral in the United States, but not in the European Union.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The potentially more significant question though, is what China thinks about the metal.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;If the world's largest producer decides to start stockpiling tin, it'll be a wake-up call for everyone else.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;GLUE FOR THE INTERNET&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tin doesn't grab many headlines.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The common association is with the humble tin can - the clue's in the name - a sector that has been in long-term decline as steel-makers use ever thinner coatings and the packaging sector shifts towards alternative materials such as aluminium.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It's not the sort of story to catch the attention of fund managers.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Heavy-weight investors are also put off by the small size of the market - annual global production is just 360,000 tonnes - and the even smaller size of the LME market.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The lack of institutional interest is why relatively few analysts even bother with the tin market.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Thirteen contributed a tin forecast for Reuters year-start metal analysts poll, compared with 28 for copper.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;However, tin usage has, over several decades, quietly evolved away from long-life food to nano-soldering in electronics.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Soldering accounted for 48% of global usage in 2018, while tinplate packaging was just 13%, according to the International Tin Association (ITA).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tellingly, demand for tinplate fell 2% that year, while soldering usage increased by the same amount.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This linkage to the [http://sportsrants.com/?s=electronics%20sector electronics sector] has been a boon for tin this year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Semiconductor sales, a broad proxy for the electronic goods sector, have been resilient, up 4.9% in July relative to 2019, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Lockdown, perhaps unsurprisingly, has boosted demand for electronic gadgets.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But soldering will also drive increased tin demand as the world tools up for the Industrial Revolution Version 4.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tin is literally the glue that binds together the machines needed to interface with the virtual and robotic worlds.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;When Rio Tinto commissioned the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study which metals would gain most from &amp;quot;new technology&amp;quot;, the answer was tin.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;MIT saw the &amp;quot;can metal&amp;quot; benefitting from all four megatrends of electric vehicles, renewable energy,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] advanced robotics and advanced computation and IT.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;CRITICAL METAL?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Tin's usage across such a wide modern manufacturing spectrum is what put it on the U.S.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;list of critical minerals.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The reason it's not on the European list - a rare divergence - is probably because the European Union has a significant domestic producer in the form of Belgium's Metallo, now part of Germany's Aurubis.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The last U.S. tin mine, by contrast, closed in 1993 and the last smelter even earlier in 1989.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Home-grown supply is limited to around 11,000 tonnes of recycled metal, with refined tin imports running at around 35,000 tonnes in the last two years, according to the United States Geological Survey.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Is it on China's list of strategic reserves?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The country is expected to include a stockpiling programme for strategic commodities in its next five-year plan beginning 2021.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;State stockpile managers have already been active in the cobalt market.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There is much speculation they are one of the reasons China's copper imports are running red-hot this year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Given both China's existing manufacturing base and its drive to dominate next-generation technology, tin is a likely contender for strategic metal status.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Macquarie Bank analysts &amp;quot;find enough reason to adjust our supply-demand balance to account for some stocking this year and next&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;They postulate 5,000 tonnes of Chinese purchases, split across this year and next.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(&amp;quot;Commodities Compendium&amp;quot;, Sept. 21, 2020).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Forecast 2020 and 2021 supply deficits are deepened to 4,400 tonnes and 2,900 tonnes respectively. Indeed,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour Lệ Giang] Macquarie is forecasting consecutive years of supply deficit through 2025.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Analysts at Roskill are only slightly less bullish, with forecast shortages through 2023.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;FRAGILE SUPPLY&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China has been the world's largest producer and consumer of tin for some years.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;If lack of domestic resource is a key determinant of a metal's criticality, the country doesn't appear to have a problem.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But China has grown heavily reliant on imports of raw material from the tin mines in the Wa area of Myanmar.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Imports peaked at over 470,000 tonnes bulk weight in 2016 but have been trending ever lower since amid speculation that easily accessible reserves are being exhausted.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;This year has brought another sharp decline, due first to COVID-19 restrictions at the China-Myanmar border and more recently, the ITA says, to severe flooding at some of the mines.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Smelters such as Yunnan Tin have taken maintenance downtime to compensate for the shortfall of raw material.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;That in turn has caused the world's largest producer to turn net importer of refined tin so far this year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Smelter margins remain squeezed by a lack of raw material, acting as a restraint on tin production, said state research house Antaike.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The coronavirus has exposed China's dependency on its neighbour for tin concentrates.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Macquarie notes that &amp;quot;some concerns have emerged around future supply from Myanmar, with market participants telling us that Chinese buyer inquiries are now reaching Africa and the new Alphamin mine in (the Democratic Republic of Congo)&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China's internal supply dynamics seem to be struggling to keep up with current demand, let alone finding sufficient mine resource to meet future soldering demand.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The country's state planners have much to mull over in deciding whether to designate tin a strategic metal.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The very fact the old can metal is even on their discussion list suggests the tin market may be due a broader strategic rethink.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(Editing by Jan Harvey)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.nmnwiki.com/index.php?title=Tests_Suggest_Coronavirus_Did_NOT_Originate_At_Wuhan_Lab&amp;diff=60142</id>
		<title>Tests Suggest Coronavirus Did NOT Originate At Wuhan Lab</title>
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&lt;div&gt;A Chinese virologist famous for her research on [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] in bats has shared new tests which suggest the virus did not originate at her lab in Wuhan.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, recently retested blood samples taken in 2012 from four miners who fell ill after working in bat caves in southwest [/news/china/index.html China].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The results showed none of them were infected with Covid-19, [ ] reported.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Her update appears to contradict accusations from [/news/donald_trump/index.html Donald Trump]'s administration that the virus, which has infected nearly 58million people worldwide, originated at her Wuhan lab. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The results suggest Shi and her team had not collected samples of Sars-CoV-2 - which causes coronavirus - ahead of the outbreak in Wuhan. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Shi Zhengli (pictured), the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, recently retested blood samples taken eight years ago from four miners who fell ill after working in bat caves in southwest China &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The virologist had previously insisted the characteristics of the viruses she has worked with do not match the genetics of Covid-19.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The miners had been infected with an unknown respiratory disease after clearing bat faeces from a copper mine in Yunnan province in April 2012. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;'We suspected that the patients had been infected by an unknown virus.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Therefore, we and other groups sampled animals including bats, rats and musk shrews in or around the cave,' Shi said. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;   RELATED ARTICLES  [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next]     [/news/article-8973103/Trump-administration-orders-federal-prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-MS-13-gang-leader.html  Trump administration orders federal prosecutors to seek the...] [/news/article-8972495/Boris-Johnson-blasts-Nicola-Sturgeon-focusing-Scottish-Independence-Covid-crisis.html  Boris Johnson blasts Nicola Sturgeon for focusing on...]    &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Share this article&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Share&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;One of these samples contained the bat coronavirus RaTG13, it was claimed.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Her update added: 'In 2020, we compared the sequence of Sars-CoV-2 with our unpublished bat coronavirus sequences and found that it shared a 96.2 per cent identity with RaTG13.'&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Scientists have claimed the difference of 3.8 per cent in the strains could mean the bat coronavirus took decades to mutate into Sars-CoV-2.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Shi has previously warned that the new viruses being discovered worldwide are 'just the tip of the iceberg'.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         The P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China's Hubei province, where Shi Zhengli had studied coronavirus in bats since 2004&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;         Shi's update appears to contradict accusations from Donald Trump's administration that the virus, which has infected nearly 58million people worldwide, originated at her Wuhan lab.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Pictured: Wuhan Institute of Virology, P4 laboratory&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She also called for greater international cooperation in the fight against epidemics, despite accusations that China covered up the danger posed by coronavirus. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In May, she insisted that research undertaken in viruses needs governments and scientists to be transparent and cooperative with their findings. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She added that it is 'very regrettable' when science is politicised. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Speaking to CCTN, Shi said: 'If we want to prevent human beings from suffering from the next infectious disease outbreak,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] we must go in advance to learn of these unknown viruses carried by wild animals in nature and give early warnings.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;'If we don't study them there will possibly be another outbreak.'  &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;President Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have continuously suggested Covid-19 is linked to the Wuhan laboratory. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The accusations have been rejected by both Beijing and Shi.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The virologist has previously insisted the characteristics of the viruses she has worked with do not match the genetics of Covid-19. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&amp;amp;query=Writing Writing] on social media, Shi said she would 'swear on my life' that the laboratory had nothing to do with the pandemic and that the virus was first discovered in late 2019.     &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Wang Yanyi, the [http://www.caringbridge.org/search?q=director director] of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, added that accusations the virus originated from the lab in Wuhan are 'pure fabrication'.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Shi Zhengli's research reportedly started in 2004 to study the SARS outbreak. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She has since studied all kinds of bats, and made a breakthrough in 2013 when she identified bat feaces 96.2 per cent identical to the Sars-CoV-2.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;She has also reportedly researched whether or not coronavirus can jump from one species to another,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour shangrila] and in 2015 she confirmed that it was possible for a SARS-like virus to move from bats to humans.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Famous Teas In The West Of Yunnan</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;What Famous Teas Are In The West Of Yunnan?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Fengqing is located south of the Dianxi longitudinal valley and its fame comes from the black tea that it produces in Lincang. Fengqing was one of the first places to produce tea in the world and it has a group of mountains separated by rivers. The Dian Hong black tea was first produced in the city in 1958 and now has gained a national reputation.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Tea Producing Area South Of Dian&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The terrain slopes gently and it is surrounded by the Lancang river, the Yuan river and the Jinsha river. All these conditions create a tea that is gentle and very fresh in taste. In the east of the area, you will find large groups of tea trees which are old in age in a total of 667 hectares which includes six major mountains (Yibang, Gedeng, Youle, Mansa, Manzhuan and Mangzhi).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Simao, Honghe, Xishuangbanna andWenshan&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The area towards the lower and middle reaches of the Lancang River is in low latitude and the terrain slopes gently. The climate is influenced by sub-tropical and tropical winds and there is a lot of sunshine. The humidity is usually above eighty-five percent and there is enough rainfall to qualify it as a moist environment. The soil is rated first class due to its content of organic matters, which is above three percent.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Xishuangbanna&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Xishuangbanna is considered one of the cradle lands of tea in China and it is one of the places where the Yunnan Pu&amp;amp;#39;ert is produced. There are six mountains that are considered major for purity production.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Xishuangbanna is located in the south tropic and the north tropic. The average rainfall is a total of 120 centimeters each year and the average temperature throughout the year is 18 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/?queryText=degrees%20Celsius degrees Celsius]. The winter is warm while the summer is cool and that provides a great environment for Pu&amp;amp;#39;ert tea growth.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;In the same area as Xishuangbanna you will also find Menghai which can produce more than tea. Teas like Yunhai Pekoe which is a green tea and Nannuo Pekoe. Menghai has a sub-tropical monsoon climate which leads to many foggy days and not much of a difference in the temperature ideal for producing Yunhai Pekoe. Yunhai Pekoe can be described as having a sharp needle and a tight curl cord along with a smooth and soft color. The taste of the tea is mellow and it looks clear, while the tea leaf must look tender and fresh.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Tea Producing Area In The Center Of Dian&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Huafo tea is originally produced in Chuxiong and Mouding. Huafo tea has not been around for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour Lệ Giang] a long time but it is already a famous tea. The source of the Huafo tea leaf is the large leaved Menghai in Lincang. The color is a sleek blackish green; it has sharp needles and is tight in shape. The beverage has a long lasting aroma and its color is dark green.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;CangshanXuelu&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Cangshan Xuelu tea is made at the bottom of the Cangshan Mountain. It is also produced although to a lesser extent in the shores of Erhai Lake. It was first produced in the Xiaguan tea factory as early as 1962 and has been popular in the market since then.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The Northeast And The Northwest Of The Tea Producing Area Of Dian&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There is a lot of sunshine during the day and a great deal of compound material is produced by photosynthesis. The temperature at night is much lower which means that the photosynthetic material is reduced. That allows for nutrients to be well kept. The difference in temperatures between night and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] day allows for a better production of tea leaves so the amount of Taidi tea tree is the same as you would find in other areas.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;I am Angel Chen, a tea lover and tea specialist comes from Fujian, China - the hometown of tea. Tea is nature's benediction as well as implicating culture and philosophy. I have a dream to bring the most authentic [ ] and [ ] to all the tea enthusiasts.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.nmnwiki.com/index.php?title=China_Announces_Eradication_Of_Extreme_Poverty_In_Last_Poor_Counties&amp;diff=59003</id>
		<title>China Announces Eradication Of Extreme Poverty In Last Poor Counties</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;BEIJING, Nov 24 (Reuters) - China has removed the last remaining counties from a list of poor regions, in what officials described as achieving President Xi Jinping's longstanding political goal of eliminating extreme poverty by the end of this year.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The milestone was achieved by lifting 93 million people out of poverty since 2013, China's government said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a press briefing on Tuesday that China was prepared to share its experience with other developing countries.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China sets its own national standard of extreme poverty, based on a per capita income threshold of 4,000 yuan per year, or  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] around $1.52 per day, and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour shangrila] other factors such as access to basic healthcare and [http://www.reddit.com/r/howto/search?q=education education]. That compares with a threshold of $1.90 per day set by the World Bank to measure extreme poverty globally.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;On Monday afternoon, officials in one of [https://twitter.com/search?q=China%27s%20poorest&amp;amp;src=typd China's poorest] provinces, Guizhou, announced that the last nine remaining counties had been removed from the nation's list of poor regions.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The list, drawn up in 2014, initially identified 832 counties as extremely poor.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Guizhou said average per capita annual income in the counties had risen to 11,487 yuan. State media said third-party auditors had visited the nine counties to conduct final surveys this month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Guizhou was the last province to report its latest surveys, after other provinces and regions including Xinjiang, Guangxi,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour shangrila] Ningxia Yunnan, Sichuan and Gansu removed their final counties from the list earlier this month.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;($1 = 6.5820 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Yew Lun Tian and Cate Cadell Editing by Peter Graff)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.nmnwiki.com/index.php?title=China_apos;s_Aluminium_Juggernaut_May_Be_Running_Out_Of_Road:_Andy_Home&amp;diff=56869</id>
		<title>China apos;s Aluminium Juggernaut May Be Running Out Of Road: Andy Home</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;By Andy Home&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Another month, another Chinese aluminium production record.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China's giant smelter sector churned out an average 105,000 tonnes per day in September, according to the International Aluminium Institute, with year-to-date production up 3.3% on 2019.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;More records will be broken in the months ahead.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China's smelters are capitalising on strong margins as demand rebounds and government stimulus flows into infrastructure and construction.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Such is the history of the aluminium market over the past decade. China's excess capacity, periods of over-production and high-volume exports have kept a lid on prices in the rest of the world.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But is the Chinese aluminium juggernaut running out of road?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;HITTING THE CEILING&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Goldman Sachs thinks so.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;There is little doubt in our view that the age of structural oversupply in China's aluminium market, driven by overcapacity in the smelting sector, is now behind us,&amp;quot; the bank's analysts said in an Oct.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;27 research note.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Citi turned bullish on aluminium in August for the same reason.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The old era of aluminium, characterised by seemingly infinite Chinese smelter capacity expansion, multi-year surpluses and high inventories is coming to an end, Citi said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The bank said it believes a new era of aluminium is coming, founded on a slowdown of capacity additions and enhanced supply discipline (&amp;quot;A New Era of Aluminium&amp;quot;, Aug.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;2, 2020).&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It's still something of a heretical view, with Citi admitting &amp;quot;we continue to hear pushback on our medium-term bullish view&amp;quot;, but a significant moment is undoubtedly [http://kscripts.com/?s=approaching approaching].&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[http://www.google.de/search?q=Beijing Beijing] has been giving the aluminium smelter sector the structural reform treatment since 2016.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;National capacity has been capped at 45 million tonnes a year and the authorities have kept a tight grip on new smelter construction, only allowing it as an offset against the closure of old capacity.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;That ceiling is now very close to being reached.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Actual production was running at an annualised rate of more than 38 million tonnes last month and notional capacity is set to hit or exceed the cap by 2022, the two banks agree.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There may be some wriggle room for special-status projects and there is still some so-called illegal capacity left over from a clearout of unauthorised operators in the early stages of the sector's reform programme.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;But after one last lift over the next 12 months, both Citi and Goldman are looking for the aluminium smelter juggernaut to grind to a halt.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;What happens then?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Might the government change its mind and relax the capacity cap?&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It's possible, but a major restraining influence will be President Xi Jinping's commitment to carbon neutrality by 2060.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The country's aluminium sector is heavily coal-dependent for its power.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;There has been a sizeable migration down to Yunnan province with its hydro resources.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Yunnan's smelter capacity has surged from 1.5 million to 4.1 million tonnes a year in the space of three years, but the province is running out of energy space and there isn't an obvious clean-power alternative, according to Eoin Dinsmore, aluminium research manager at research house CRU, speaking at last week's virtual LME Seminar.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Coal will remain the dominant power source everywhere else, which leaves the smelter sector facing considerable uncertainty as Beijing faces up to the trade-offs between its past commitment to industrial prowess and its future decarbonisation promise.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;DOWNSTREAM GROWTH&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;While China's primary metal producers are heading for the capacity wall, the country's demand profile is expected to remain strong as the metal benefits from rising usage in construction and green infrastructure as well as recovering automotive output.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Chinese capacity to produce semi-fabricated products such as foil, tube and plate has continued growing even while that of primary metal has been constrained.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Investing downstream has come with the added benefit that the product can, if necessary, be exported with a value-added-tax concessions.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It is exports of these &amp;quot;semis&amp;quot; that have displaced demand  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour Lệ Giang] for primary metal in the rest of the world and generated a lengthening list of anti-dumping complaints and sanctions.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Underpinning Citi and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] Goldman's shared bull view is a projection that the country may be approaching the point where it will not be able to produce enough primary metal to meet ever-growing demand from its fabrication base.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;It may already be happening.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;GRAVITATIONAL PULL&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China's imports of primary aluminium have surged this year, flipping the country to net importer of the metal in all forms in July and August for the first time since the financial crisis of 2008/09.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;An arbitrage window opened this year between an exuberant recovery-mode Shanghai market and a lagging international price.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;China was a net exporter again in September, but only marginally so with inflows of primary metal remaining strong.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Goldman analysts argue that rather than being a one-off, periodic primary import phases into China, supported by open arbitrage, will be a continued influence on physical market trends.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Physical traders seem to agree with surplus metal gravitating towards Asian locations where it can be easily shipped to China.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have noted significant reductions in aluminium exports from Russia, Middle East and India to Europe this year, and a significant increase from those countries to Asia,&amp;quot; Goldman said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses in Malaysia's Port Klang and Johor currently hold 936,000 tonnes of registered aluminium, accounting for 64% of total stocks.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Asian locations also held 1.1 million tonnes of LME shadow stocks at the end of August, representing 80% of total reportable, but not warranted, metal.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Compare and contrast with the last crisis of oversupply, when metal accumulated first in Detroit and then the Dutch port of Vlissingen over the early 2010s.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The global inventory axis has tilted eastwards in the last year or so and it has done so as the physical market anticipates periods of supply-demand mismatch in the domestic Chinese market.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Those were fleeting in the past because there was a seemingly endless pipeline of new smelters ready to fire into action.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;That old era looks to be drawing to a close, however, even if many are still hesitant to proclaim the dawn of a new one.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(Editing by David Goodman)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<id>https://www.nmnwiki.com/index.php?title=Dai_Villages_-_Traditional_Lifestyles&amp;diff=54510</id>
		<title>Dai Villages - Traditional Lifestyles</title>
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		<updated>2021-01-03T11:14:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;IslaService90: Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Over one million Dai live in villages in the Dehong Dai Jingpo and Xishuangbanna autonomous prefectures in the Yunnan Province in southern China. The Dai are amon...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Over one million Dai live in villages in the Dehong Dai Jingpo and Xishuangbanna autonomous prefectures in the Yunnan Province in southern China. The Dai are among the 55 minority groups of China. They have maintained their individuality by practicing their own language, leading a way of life steeped in tradition and using their own calendar by which they celebrate festivals. The Dai are linked by kinship to ethnic groups in Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; The lifestyle practiced in Dai villages is rooted in tradition. The two storied open sided bamboo houses they live in are built according to an ancient design that is suited to tropical weather conditions. Livestock are kept under the house and families occupy the first floor. A dedicated area is set aside for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour shangrila] looms which are used to weave traditional clothing. The Dai community is close knit. So much so that family names are not used as they believe all Dai belong to the same family. Dai village life is closely connected to agriculture and revolves around farming, raising livestock and practicing traditional crafts. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; These people are Theravada Buddhists and have been so for the past 3,000 years. Some animistic practices like making offerings to spirits and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] the dead are still a part of village life. Every village features a temple and the peasants have close ties with it. Dai boys still become novice monks at a very young age. Some join the order when they are older while others return to the secular way of life. Dai temple architecture is influenced by those of its southern neighbours. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Among the many festivals celebrated by them is the Water Splashing Festival that is linked to their New Year which falls on the 6th month of the Dai calendar. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Local music and dances are very much a part of village life. Musical instruments such as the long elephant foot drum, made from a light wood tree trunk [http://www.thefashionablehousewife.com/?s=covered covered] with cowhide at each end, bronze gongs, traditional trumpets and hulusi accompany graceful dancers and singers at all their cultural events. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Among the plethora of hot and sour dishes made in these villages, rice cooked in bamboo tubes have come to be recognized as the signature local dish. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; Amidst a lush tropical landscape surrounded by green hills on the banks of the Luoso River, Anantara Xishuangbanna Resort &amp;amp;#38; Spa offers exceptional hospitality and some of the best facilities in town. The key attractions of this hotel in Yunnan are beautifully designed spaces that blend well with the lush surroundings and spacious, well appointed contemporary deluxe rooms and pool villas. Other exceptional features of the hotel Yunnan include restaurants that showcase Indo-Chinese cuisines, modern leisure facilities and a spa offering Asian inspired specially designed herbal therapies to relax and detoxify. &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Chandrishan Williams is a travel writer who writes under the pen name, Caleb Falcon. He specializes in writing content based on the many exciting world adventures that await intrepid travelers. Resources - [ ] , [ ]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push();&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>Residents Of Chinese Border City Near Myanmar Test Negative After...</title>
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		<updated>2021-01-03T00:24:57Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;IslaService90: Created page with &amp;quot;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;HONG KONG, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Residents in a Chinese border city have all tested negative for coronavirus following two imported infections from neighbouring Myanmar,  [h...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;HONG KONG, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Residents in a Chinese border city have all tested negative for coronavirus following two imported infections from neighbouring Myanmar,  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour Lệ Giang] and  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html tour shangrila] the city-wide home quarantine would be lifted, the provincial government said on Monday.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;The transit point of Ruili in southwestern Yunnan province launched the tests for  [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/blog/kinh-nghiem-kham-pha-shangri-la-vung-dat-cua-tinh-yeu.html kynghidongduong.vn] tens of thousands of residents last week.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Apart from the two imported cases, no local cases nor local transmission of the virus were found,&amp;quot; the Yunnan government said in a statement.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Restrictions such as home quarantine for residents were due to be lifted on Monday at 10 p.m.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;but venues such as cinemas, bars and [http://www.purevolume.com/search?keyword=internet%20cafes internet cafes] will remain shut, the statement said.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt; &amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Yunnan's rugged 4,000-km (2,485-mile) border with Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam makes it tough for authorities to step up surveillance and cut illegal immigration as thousands pour into China, seen as a safe haven in the global pandemic.&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;(Reporting by Meg Shen; Editing by Alison Williams)&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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