12/13/2021: Turn out our pockets! (Story follow-ups)
1 min readDec 13, 2021
What happened to US Right to Repair laws? Who won the UNWTO Best Villages competition? Remember New Zealand’s 2025 Smoke Free deadline? And after several stories covering China this year — where are we now?
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US Right to Repair follow-up sources:
- Apple: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/11/apple-announces-self-service-repair/
- The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/17/22787336/apple-right-to-repair-self-service-diy-reason-microsoft
- The Economist: https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2021/11/19/why-is-the-right-to-repair-gadgets-and-machines-spreading
Best Villages:
New Zealand Smokefree Deadline follow-up:
- Statista: https://www.statista.com/statistics/942132/leading-10-tobacco-companies-worldwide-based-on-net-sales/
- NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/26/1020571339/marlboro-maker-ceo-says-the-company-plans-to-stop-selling-smokes-in-the-u-k
China fines Alibaba follow-up sources:
- CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/20/china-fines-alibaba-baidu-jd-others-for-failing-to-report-old-deals.html
- The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/business/china-didi-delisting.html
China’s Polar Silk Road follow-up sources:
- Brookings Institute: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/11/24/the-polar-silk-road-will-be-cleared-with-chinese-icebreakers/
- Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/eu-unveils-300-bln-euro-global-investment-scheme-2021-12-01/
- Bloomberg: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-11/eu-to-lay-out-46-billion-infrastructure-plan-to-counter-china
