Nov 9 — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun, at a regular briefing, did not confirm a Washington Post report that the Trump administration asked China to help end its conflict with Iran. He said a prolonged U.S.-Iran conflict would not serve the parties or the international community and urged relevant parties to pursue peaceful options, resolve disputes through dialogue and negotiation, and restore peace and stability in the Middle East Gulf region as soon as possible.

Indonesia's rupiah weakened to 18,100 per dollar.

Ministry of Transport said that in the week Nov 2–8 monitored ports handled 257.19 mln tonnes of cargo, down 5.69% week‑on‑week; container throughput rose 6.56% WoW to 7.062 mln TEU. Rail freight totaled 83.755 mln tonnes, up 0.31% WoW. Highway truck passages were 53.993 mln, down 3.13% WoW. Civil aviation operated 114,000 flights (total flights down 1.97% WoW); cargo flights numbered 5,458 (3,528 international, 1,930 domestic). Postal and express pick‑ups were about 4.254 bln items, up 0.71% WoW; deliveries about 4.219 bln items, down 0.54% WoW.