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TREE NEWS update: US Central Command said US forces attacked three Iranian oil transport vessels. The strike targeted ships carrying crude oil. Details on the location and extent of damage were not immediately provided.

TREE NEWS update: On September 5, the Shanghai State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission system launched a special seminar on artificial intelligence. Vice Mayor He Qing stressed the need to grasp AI development trends and enhance the urgency of transformation, noting AI has become a strategic high ground in major-power competition and is reshaping research paradigms, industrial logic, and corporate decision-making.

TREE NEWS update: China Chemical Engineering Third Construction started the air separation unit for Hengyi Energy Technology’s 2.4 million-tonne-per-year coal-to-ethylene glycol project in Turpan, marking the core supporting facility’s groundbreaking. The project, the world’s largest single-unit coal-to-ethylene glycol plant under construction, is the first phase of Turpan’s 100-billion-yuan coal-chemical-textile integration plan, with a total investment of 25.7 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS update: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a three-day halt to strikes on Kyiv, starting from midnight today. The move was announced on [date]. No further details were provided.

TREE NEWS update: The Kremlin announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Saturday. The meeting was reported by TASS.

TREE NEWS update: National Data Administration head Liu Liehong visited Inner Mongolia from Sept 1-2, 2026, to review data element marketization reforms. He toured data centers including China Unicom Hohhot Cloud, China Mobile Hohhot, Huawei Cloud, UCloud, and the Helingeer cluster multi-cloud computing resource monitoring platform, plus the Inner Mongolia Data Element Industrial Park and dairy national technology innovation center.

TREE NEWS update: On September 4, Anhui Provincial Party Secretary Liang Yanshun visited Hefei to inspect nuclear fusion energy development and chaired a symposium. He emphasized focusing on national strategic needs and accelerating breakthroughs in frontier technology to secure a strategic high ground in fusion energy development.

TREE NEWS update: A Chinese citizen was rescued on May 5 from a hydropower station hit by a mudslide in Nepal, China’s embassy in Nepal confirmed. Nepalese rescuers carried out the operation.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Meteorological Center issued a blue alert for Typhoon Koron at 6 p.m. on September 5. As of 5 p.m., the tropical storm was located about 25 km south of Naha, Ryukyu Islands, at 26.0°N, 127.7°E, with maximum winds of 20 m/s and central pressure of 995 hPa. It is expected to move southeast at 10-15 km/h with little change in intensity.

TREE NEWS update: At an Asia-Pacific media forum in Shenzhen on Sept 5, a Cambodian official jokingly asked BYD vice president Liu Xueliang if he could get a discount on a car. Liu replied, “No discount,” explaining that BYD offers more than products, emphasizing “technology export” over cheap goods to deliver Chinese value.

TREE NEWS update: At the 2026 Low-Altitude Economy Development Conference in Wuhu, Sept 3-5, nine cities in the Yangtze River Delta G60 Science and Innovation Corridor jointly released their first joint action initiative on low-altitude safety. The initiative mandates strict compliance with registration, airspace checks, and flight approvals to prevent unauthorized flights, and calls for enhanced tech integration into low-altitude supervision platforms.

TREE NEWS update: US President’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on September 5. Their visit is seen as part of ongoing diplomatic efforts.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Development and Reform Commission has urgently allocated 20 million yuan ($2.8 million) from central budget investment to support Jiangxi province’s post-disaster recovery from torrential rain and flooding. The funds will restore damaged roads, water conservancy facilities, schools, and hospitals to help normalize production and daily life.

TREE NEWS reports: Shenzhen new commercial housing sales totaled 3,467 units in August, down 23.0% month-on-month but up 4.8% year-on-year. Existing home sales recorded 5,108 units, down 2.3% m/m and up 7.6% y/y. From January to August, cumulative existing home sales reached about 48,400 units, up 4.7% y/y.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner landed in Moscow on September 5, bringing a proposal to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Trump confirmed on September 4 that the two would visit Russia and Ukraine, saying the crisis “must be resolved” and that a deal is likely.

TREE NEWS update: China’s grain enterprises now achieve an annual industrial output value exceeding 4 trillion yuan. National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration head Liu Huanxin said there are 24,000 grain firms nationwide, with over one-third of provinces each exceeding 100 billion yuan in output. The country has 33 provincial and 117 city/county-level regional public brands for grain.

TREE NEWS update: An Iranian oil tanker was struck by a US missile near Kharg Island, citing local sources. The incident was reported by Xinhua. Details of casualties or damage have not been released.

TREE NEWS update: A Chinese citizen stranded by a landslide in Rasuwa, northern Nepal, was rescued on September 5. The individual was found safe in the disaster-hit area. The rescue operation was confirmed by Chinese state media.

TREE NEWS update: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said on September 5 that a localized temporary ceasefire has been re-implemented around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, brokered by the agency, to allow repairs to damaged power lines and restore external electricity supply to the plant.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Marine Forecasting Center issued an orange storm surge alert, urging emergency defense in Liaodong Bay, Bohai Bay, and Laizhou Bay. The alert warns of potentially severe coastal flooding as a storm system approaches.