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Extreme Vietnam insider: Xia Yiping still stays in the company's on-site office and is seeking financing. On the morning of the 12th, Xia Yiping, CEO of Extreme Vietnam, appeared in the company's headquarters office. Xia Yiping said that he appeared first to prove to employees that he had not run away, to tide over the difficulties with the company, and second to communicate with employees face to face. Network video shows that Xia Yiping is surrounded by many employees. The demands of employees mainly include paying social security, medical insurance and provident fund, paying wages and giving employees "N+1" compensation. Xia Yiping responded that knowing that everyone is very angry, everyone has followed us for so long, and I am very grateful. "These problems are being solved. Now I am communicating with you. If I escape, I will not come." Some employees in Vietnam confirmed this statement. "His main task at present is financing, and he is also actively contacting investors for help." Insiders revealed. (The Paper)The opposition party in South Korea said that Yin Xiyue was insane. On the morning of December 12, local time, South Korean President Yin Xiyue made another televised speech, refused to step down early, and denied that martial law was a crime of civil strife. After Yin Xiyue's speech, public opinion in South Korea immediately criticized him. South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, said that Yin Xiyue was mentally ill and called on the South Korean National Assembly to pass the impeachment case. After Yin Xiyue's speech, Han Dongxun, the representative of the ruling party in South Korea, also said that Yin Xiyue's speech had no introspection and was rationalizing his behavior. Some commentators pointed out that Yin Xiyue may have expected that he could not prevent the National Assembly from passing the impeachment case and was trying to influence the final ruling of the Constitutional Court. I am afraid that the chaos in Korean politics will continue.Foreign media: Blinken testified in Congress about the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and the pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech several times. According to the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, US Secretary of State Blinken testified in the House of Representatives on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan on the 11th local time, during which several pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted his speech several times.

Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 1% to 112,128.50.The Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the prescribed guidelines to strengthen the substantive examination of technical evidence in injury cases. Recently, the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the Provisions of the People's Procuratorate on the Substantive Examination of Technical Evidence in Injury Cases (the Working Provisions) and the Guidelines on the Special Examination of Expert Opinions on the Degree of Human Injury in Injury Cases (the Special Examination Guidelines), making efforts to strengthen the substantive examination of technical evidence in injury cases and further improving the professional and standardized level of examination and handling of injury cases.An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred in the waters near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. According to Japanese media reports, an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred on the morning of the 12th local time in the eastern coastal area of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, with a focal depth of 50 kilometers. Fukushima Prefecture has a sense of earthquake in many places, including Urachi-CHO, Langjiang-CHO and Yuye-CHO, among which Urachi is the location of Units 1 to 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (CCTV News)

Citigroup: Pinduoduo, which operates retail platform Temu, is likely to continue to face short-term disadvantages. Maintain the neutral rating of ADR in Pinduoduo and set the target price of ADR in Pinduoduo at $125.00. Note: The latest ADR report in Pinduoduo is $103.42.South Korean police tried to search Cheongwadae's office again.Institution: The battery price stabilized in November, and it is expected to rise slightly in 2025. On December 12, according to the latest research of TrendForce Jibang Consulting, in November 2024, the sales of electric vehicles in China continued to increase, which boosted the demand for power batteries, and the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate batteries remained stable, while the ternary batteries declined slightly. The demand for batteries in the energy storage market maintained the peak season characteristics, and with the price advantage of large-capacity batteries, the proportion of shipments increased. However, the average price of energy storage batteries continued to decline in November due to the slowdown in demand for orders at the end of the year. The agency expects that the price of some lithium battery materials may rise slightly in the peak season of 2025, which is expected to repair the serious losses of the company in the early stage. However, due to the fact that the relationship between supply and demand has not changed from surplus to shortage, the expected increase in material prices is limited, and battery manufacturers actively control costs, the battery price trend will be stable next year.