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The fire spread in Southern California, USA, with more than 53,000 users losing power. The bush fire near downtown Malibu, Southern California, USA is still spreading. As of the evening of the 10th EST, the fire area has expanded to 10.98 square kilometers, and there are more than 53,000 users losing power in California. The director of the Los Angeles County Fire Department said at the news conference on the same day that the fire has not yet been controlled and a small number of houses were burned, but no casualties were caused. (CCTV News)Yonhap News Agency: South Korean police special investigation team raided the presidential palace on martial law.Dongxing Securities: The demand for food and beverage will pick up. Dongxing Securities Research Report pointed out that with the implementation of a series of policies such as expanding domestic demand and stabilizing investment, consumption will gradually stabilize and recover, and the demand for food and beverage will also pick up. In particular, catering consumption will recover with the economic recovery. It is expected that the upstream and downstream consumption of catering will improve, and the overall demand of liquor, condiments, beer and other industries is gradually recovering. Especially in the condiment industry, it is speculated that the whole industry is in destocking after the Mid-Autumn Festival. With the arrival of consumption in the peak season of New Year's Day and Spring Festival, the stocking period in the peak season is expected to start, and it is expected that mainstream condiment enterprises will achieve steady growth in the fourth quarter. At present, the overall valuation of the industry is lower than the historical average valuation, and there is room for repair. Continue to pay attention to liquor, snack food and condiments in the pro-cyclical sector of the food and beverage industry.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council responded to the island's hope that Kinmen would become a pilot site for cross-strait financial cooperation. Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office, said that in April 2009, ARATS and the Taiwan Province SEF signed the Agreement on Cross-Strait Financial Cooperation. Under this framework, cross-strait financial supervision and cooperation mechanism and currency clearing mechanism have been established, and relevant policies for cross-strait financial industry opening have been introduced one after another, providing important support for cross-strait industrial cooperation and integration. In 2023, the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Fujian to Explore a New Road for Cross-Strait Integration and Development and Building a Demonstration Zone for Cross-Strait Integration and Development was issued, which clearly put forward such tasks as supporting the construction of multi-level cross-strait financial markets, innovating cross-strait social capital cooperation methods, deepening Xiamen-Tianjin exchanges and cooperation, and creating Xiamen-Tianjin "city life circle". We are willing to explore new paths and new styles of cross-strait financial integration and development with our compatriots in Kinmen, and share the new opportunities brought by the deepening financial system reform in the mainland of China. (Riyue Tan Tian)The cross-strait youth ice and snow festival will be held in Heilongjiang, and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council will hold a regular press conference. Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian released an event news. From December 18th to 24th, the Youth Ice and Snow Festival on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will be held in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province and related cities. The theme of the Ice and Snow Festival is "Burning Ice and Walking Together". On December 19th, the launching ceremony, short video exhibition and award presentation of cross-strait youth will be held. During this period, a cross-strait youth exchange forum, the 9th Asian Winter Games venue tour, ice and snow experience, visits and exchanges will also be held. At present, Taiwan Province compatriots have signed up enthusiastically and participated enthusiastically. It is estimated that about 1,000 Taiwan compatriots, mainly young people from Taiwan Province, will participate in the Ice and Snow Festival. (Riyue Tan Tian)South Korean police raided the National Police and the Congressional Security Bureau.

Musk praised Tesla China. According to the data, Tesla sold 21,900 vehicles in China last week (12.2-12.8), which was the second best week of Tesla in 2024 so far. The excellent sales performance in China market was highly recognized by Tesla CEO Musk, who praised "the excellent work of Tesla China" online on social media.As of the close of early trading, the Nikkei 225 index fell by 0.65% and the Dongzheng index fell by 0.2%.Liu Yi, the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association, was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in the first instance. According to Xianning Intermediate People's Court, on the morning of December 11, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province publicly pronounced the case of accepting bribes by Liu Yi, the former deputy head of the preparatory group for the change of the Chinese Football Association and the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association. The defendant Liu Yi was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for accepting bribes and fined RMB 3.6 million. The property obtained from bribery shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury, and the insufficient part shall continue to be recovered.