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.
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The Wall Street Journal
China’s New Way to Control Its Biggest Companies: Golden Shares — The state takes company stakes that are often small but give it a board seat and power to ensure that corporate behavior hews to the party agenda.
China’s Refusal to Help Probes of Covid-19 Origins Leaves Critical Gap, Spy Chief Says — Sen. Susan Collins responds that circumstantial evidence points to an accidental lab leak.
Baidu Hurries to Ready China’s First ChatGPT Equivalent Ahead of Launch — Employees work round-the-clock before a planned March 16 rollout.
Taiwan Confirms President’s U.S. Stopover — Tsai Ing
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