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On August 29th, at the site of the Gyirong landslide disaster in Shigatse, Tibet, the G216 National Highway was blocked due to the landslide, severely hindering the progress of rescue and relief work. On the 29th, the China Anneng Engineering team dispatched by the Ministry of Emergency Management continued its road clearing operations. It is understood that China Anneng has deployed 60 technical and skilled personnel and mobilized 28 sets of engineering rescue equipment, including excavators and loaders, to work tirelessly to clear the damaged sections of the G216 National Highway, allowing subsequent personnel and heavy machinery to enter and expedite rescue efforts. Rescue personnel are scientifically assessing disaster risks and monitoring surrounding hazards in real time to ensure the efficient implementation of subsequent rescue and relief work. According to on-site rescue personnel, after days of continuous road clearing operations by multiple engineering rescue teams, 2.5 kilometers of road have been cleared, with 1.8 kilometers remaining to the Gyirong border crossing.On August 29th, Cheng Yixiao, founder, chairman, and CEO of Kuaishou Technology, stated at the 2026 Kuaishou Photosynthesis Creator Conference that currently, 75% of Kuaishous initial traffic is allocated to creators with fewer than 10,000 followers. At present, the number of videos posted on Kuaishou daily exceeds 58 million; and the number of creators who have been consistently posting content for over 10 years exceeds 17 million.On August 29th, StoneX market analyst Fawad Razaqzada stated that Warshs speech on Friday night was considered quite hawkish. Regarding forward guidance, Warsh said what the market expected him to say: he doesnt believe in forward guidance and therefore refused to pre-commit to a September rate hike. However, this didnt stop the market from speculating that a rate hike might indeed be back on the table. Regarding inflation, Warsh stated that combating inflation remains a clear priority and elaborated on this in detail, but he also added that he was confident core inflation was moving towards the Feds target. Overall, his speech was more hawkish than the market expected. During Warshs Jackson Hole speech, the market significantly repriced the September Fed decision, with the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike jumping from 30% to approximately 50%. Before the September Fed meeting, there will be a non-farm payroll report and a CPI inflation report, along with some other minor data releases. Under the new chairman, the Fed has become more data-dependent. Given that recent US employment reports have consistently missed expectations and by a large margin, any further weakening could severely undermine market expectations for a September rate hike.On August 29th, according to multiple foreign media reports, on August 28th local time, Chinese chipmaker Changxin Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. (CXMT) filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Department of Defense, demanding its removal from a blacklist. According to Bloomberg, CXMT stated that its chips are designed for civilian and commercial use, not military purposes, and claimed it was wrongly blacklisted. The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, with U.S. Defense Secretary Peter Hegses listed as a defendant. In a statement released after filing the lawsuit, CXMT stated that the company is not a military enterprise and that its reputation and business interests have continued to suffer since it was first blacklisted in January 2025. The company added that this action was taken to protect its business interests. According to Reuters, the U.S. Department of Defense stated in a statement that, according to policy, the Department of Defense does not comment on pending or ongoing litigation.August 29th - The 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo (Big Data Expo) is currently being held in Guiyang, Guizhou. Today, a representative from the National Data Administration stated at the "Data and Computing Integration Driving the Future" exchange event that the computing power network, water network, new power grid, next-generation communication network, urban underground pipe network, and logistics network form a deeply coupled, mutually empowering, and collaboratively supporting organic whole. It was explained that the computing power network, acting as the "brain," assists in the intelligent scheduling of new power grids and the consumption of new energy; collaborates with the next-generation communication network to promote data flow, model training, and application innovation; empowers water networks to achieve accurate forecasting of watershed water conditions and dynamic allocation of water resources; supports urban underground pipe networks to drive real-time monitoring, risk warning, and emergency response for lifeline projects such as gas, drainage, and heating; and connects with the logistics network to promote cost reduction and efficiency improvement across the entire supply chain. The latest data released at the conference shows that as of the end of July, the total scale of intelligent computing nationwide reached 2.45 million PFLOPS (FP16), and the eight national computing power hubs and three computing-electricity collaborative development zones have built intelligent computing scales, accounting for over 85% of the national total.

Oil Extends Comeback As Markets Anticipate Demand Growth in 2023

Skylar Williams

Dec 20, 2022 11:22

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Oil prices extended gains for a second straight day on Tuesday as investors bet that a Chinese reopening, U.S. buying, and a potentially colder-than-anticipated winter will push a demand recovery through 2023, despite heightened fears of a worldwide recession.


As China began easing COVID-related restrictions on travel and economic activities, optimism for China's reopening was the primary catalyst for the current crude oil recovery rise.


However, this was mostly tempered by an increase in illnesses, which analysts warn could postpone the country's full reopening.


Nonetheless, a number of Chinese government officials, including President Xi Jinping, have committed to boost economic growth from epidemic lows and substantially increase transport demand.


Early road and aviation traffic indicators from the country indicate that transport demand has rebounded strongly in the first few weeks since the reopening, which bodes well for the future need for petroleum.


Brent oil futures traded in London increased 0.7% to $80.66 per barrel by 21:40 ET, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures increased 0.9% to $76.30 per barrel (02:40 GMT). The value of both contracts has rebounded significantly from a one-year low reached earlier this month.


In addition to President Joe Biden's pledge to begin refilling the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve the next year, the potential of rising demand in 2023 helped markets. Beginning in February, the U.S. will purchase 3 million barrels to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.


Indications of a colder-than-anticipated winter have increased hopes that crude oil demand will increase in the near future, particularly for heating purposes. Recent projections from the International Energy Agency also indicate that petroleum demand will remain high in 2023.


Nonetheless, mounting predictions of a recession in 2023 have recently clouded the picture for crude markets. Analysts have cautioned that rising interest rates and high inflation could further depress economic activity in the coming months, thereby weighing on crude oil demand.


Fears of such a scenario have impacted hard on oil prices in recent weeks, particularly after several major central banks stated that they will continue to raise interest rates despite the worsening economic outlook.


As a result of the fact that a stronger dollar makes dollar-priced commodities more expensive, the currency's rebound also curbed oil price advances.