CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY, ON CUBA: CHINA SUPPORTS CUBA IN UPHOLDING SOVEREIGNTY, OPPOSES USE OF FORCE

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation said it will strengthen enforcement of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law to curb “involution-style” excessive competition in key sectors including platform economy, solar, lithium batteries, and new energy vehicles. The regulator said it will target practices such as algorithm-based traffic suppression, unfair ranking, forced low-price selling below cost, excessive subsidies, and restrictive platform rules that distort competition. Platforms will also be required to establish internal fair-competition mechanisms, handle complaints, preserve records, and report violations to regulators, while avoiding improper interference in merchants’ independent operations.

Media reports say explosions were heard in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, with claims that Iranian attacks targeted US military interests in the UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The reports cite sources alleging strikes on US-linked sites, though details remain limited.