Quick takes

Shanghai Lansheng’s revenues down 16%

The Shanghai-based event organiser reports that revenues fell 16% down to US$186 million in the second quarter.

U.S.-China trade war now targets tech

CNN takes a look at the likelihood that WeChat and Alibaba could be next after the Trump administration finishes with TikTok.

This is not a U.S.-China cold war

In an interesting, thought-provoking article, Foreign Policy magazine argues that the comparisons with the U.S.-Soviet Union cold war are misguided.

U.K. debuts a new socially distanced live music venue

This is better than nothing, but not much better. Let’s hope this pandemic passes soon because this is far from ideal.