Good Morning. Welcome to The Wire’s daily news roundup. Each day, our staff gathers the top China business, finance, and economics headlines from a selection of the world’s leading news organizations.
The Wall Street Journal
Lee Teng-hui, Who Guided Taiwan on Its Path to Democracy, Dies at 97 — Lee Teng-hui, who as Taiwan’s first native-born president steered the island’s transition to democracy, became its first popularly elected leader and championed a sense of Taiwanese identity separate from mainland China, has died.China’s Corn-Market Pop Could Lift American Farmers — Prices for the grain are soaring in China—with front-month futures up 27% this year, to levels not seen since the summer of 2015—which could be good news for U.S. farmers.Huawei Rides China Recovery to Top of Smartphone World — In the second quarter Huawei achieved its goal of becoming the world’s top seller of smartphones, fueled by the rapid economic recovery in its home market of Ch