Good morning, and welcome to Wednesday’s Asia Links
Global holdings of Chinese stocks and bonds rolse by $120bn in 2021 (FT)
Xi-Biden summit set for next week (SCMP)
China to improve links between e-CNY and payment apps (Caixin)
Hong Kong plans gradual reopening with mainland from December, global travel in mid-22 (Straits Times)
China filed 2.5x as many patent applications as the US in 2020 (People’s Daily)
India’s Paytm aims to raise $2.5 billion in IPO (NY Times)
Evergrande faces its biggest payment test yet as grace period on 148m due to end (Bloomberg)
China property bonds took another pounding on Tuesday (Reuters)
EU lawmakers – many of them from ex-colonial powers -- raise alarm at Chinese ‘interference in Europe’ (SCMP)
US lawmakers make surprise visit to Taiwan (SCMP)
China reports new outbreak of African Swine Fever on Hainan island (Reuters)
It’s baaaack: Bitcoin surges above $68,0000 (Guardian)
China struggles to control house prices despite glut of controls (FT)
The COP 26 pledges mean the world is now headed for a 2.4 degree temperature rise (BBC, Guardian)