https://www.jta.org/2021/08/31/united-states/politico-employees-will-not-have-to-sign-their-new-parent-companys-pro-israel-mission-statement

(JTA) — Ben Smith hid a significant nugget deep within his latest New York Times story, on the billion-dollar sale of Politico: The magazine and news site’s new owners, German publishing powerhouse Axel Springer, will not require its newly acquired American employees to sign the company mission statement pledging support of Israel.

Axel Springer, named after the journalist who founded it in the 1940s, has long been a staunch supporter of Israel. On its website, the second of the company’s five core principles reads, “We support the Jewish people and the right of existence of the State of Israel.”

Iran doing crack ?

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/178076/Underground-UAE-Israeli-military-base-revealed

Mejhar Al-Jazeera quoted a UAE intelligence official as saying that the Israeli Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with the UAE, has been building a secret military base inside the UAE since the beginning of 2019.

According to the report, the measure was taken through the signing of a top-secret agreement with Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and the agreement mentions the establishment of the first underground Emirati-Israeli military base near the Persian Gulf in the UAE.

The base was built based on the most advanced construction techniques, and since it is located at a depth of 330 km, no missile attack can damage it, the report added.

According to documents obtained from the UAE, military systems under the auspices of various commercial and transit companies in the name of industrial cargo enters the UAE and is stored in this underground city.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2021/08/31/china-shuts-american-chamber-of-commerce-in-chengdu—reuters/?sh=31a6ba7134eb

China has ordered an American Chamber of Commerce in the western business hub of Chengdu to cease operations, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing officials with the American business organization.

The chamber notified members on Monday that it had to stop operations and "no longer carry out any activities in the name of the American Chamber of Commerce in Southwest China,” in accordance with China rules and regulations, Reuters said.

The statement was seen by Reuters. It didn’t give a specific reason why the chamber it had been instructed to cease operations.

China ordered the closure of the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu in July 2020 in apparent retaliation after the Trump administration ordered the shuttering of the Chinese consulate in Houston

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https://www.dubaicitycompany.com/china-shuts-american-chamber-of-commerce-in-chengdu-reuters/

The chamber notified members on Monday that it had to stop operations and “no longer carry out any activities in the name of the American Chamber of Commerce in Southwest China,” in accordance with China rules and regulations, Reuters said.

The statement was seen by Reuters. It didn’t give a specific reason why the chamber it had been instructed to cease operations.

China ordered the closure of the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu in July 2020 in apparent retaliation after the Trump administration ordered the shuttering of the Chinese consulate in Houston.

Chengdu is best known among many travelers globally for its pandas and hotpot cuisine. Its large group of multinational investors include Intel, Texas Instruments and Toyota.

American companies in China have as of late remained optimistic about their prospects in the country, but changing political currents are making it hard to focus solely on business, a former China diplomat and business association leader said at the “U.S.-China Business Forum” organized by Forbes China, the Chinese-language edition of Forbes, earlier this month.

“You have a heavier intrusion of politics” into the commercial landscape, said Kenneth Jarrett, senior advisor to the Albright Stonebridge Group.” Companies just want to go about their business, (but) it’s increasingly difficult for them to have a pure business focus.”