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Luckin Coffee will open seven stores in Hong Kong, and Luckin Coffee will further implement its plan to enter Hong Kong and open seven branches. Among them, Shop A16C-A, underground of New City, Sai Yeung Choi South Street, Mong Kok, covers an area of about 398 square feet. At present, the shop has been boarded up and is under renovation. An agent estimates that the monthly lease is HK$ 120,000. The other six branches are located in Miramar Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui, MCP New Capital Center in Tseung Kwan O, Shatin Center, Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong, Des Voeux Road Central in Sheung Wan and Ho Man Tin.The first anniversary of the opening of "Yangtze River Train": 1,834 trains were opened, with 2.44 million tons of cargo transported. At 11: 00 am on December 11th, the 1799th and 1800th "Yangtze River Train" in 2024 respectively departed from Xianglushan Station in Wuhan and Chengxiang Station in Qingbaijiang, Chengdu, completing the annual opening task 20 days ahead of schedule. Up to now, the "Yangtze River Train" has operated 1834 trains and transported 2.44 million tons of goods. (Red Star News)Spot gold fell nearly $10 in the short term and fell below $2,680 per ounce, down 0.50% in the day.

A laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples. It is reported that a laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples, causing a "major loophole" in biosafety. On December 8th, Queensland Health Minister announced that there are currently 323 bottles of live virus missing. These include nearly 100 bottles of Hendra virus, two bottles of Hantavirus and 223 bottles of rabies virus-all of which are extremely deadly to human beings. The Queensland authorities insist that although these samples can be used as weapons, it is "not something that amateurs can do". The sample was lost in 2021, but investigators did not confirm the leak until August 2023. Queensland authorities waited for a year before being allowed to open the freezer where the samples were stored, and only this month were they able to confirm that the samples were lost. It is not clear where these samples may be or whether they have been destroyed. However, there is no evidence that the public is at risk of infection because of the disappearance of samples.The security department of the President's Office of South Korea confronted the searchers. The special investigation team of emergency martial law of the National Investigation Department of the South Korean police tried to seize and search the President's Office today (December 11), but the confrontation lasted for 2 hours due to the postponement of consultations with the security department of the President's Office. The Special Investigation Team of Emergency Martial Law of the National Investigation Department of the South Korean Police Agency said that the seizure and search personnel arrived at the consulting room of the President's Office at around 11: 45 local time to go through the entry and exit procedures, and then showed the police's seizure and search warrant to the Presidential Guard. It is understood that there are four places for the seizure and search, including the President's Office, the Secretary's Office, the State Council Room and the Presidential Security Office. The special investigation team held a two-hour consultation with the security department of the President's Office, but no results were obtained. (CCTV International News)An increase of 91.3%! In the first 11 months, there were more than 33.1 million people entering and leaving Shanghai port. Since last year, China has successively introduced or resumed various visa-free policies, and the level of entry and exit facilitation has been continuously improved. From January to November this year, Shanghai Border Inspection Station inspected 247,000 inbound and outbound means of transport at Shanghai Port, and inspected more than 33.1 million passengers, up 43.6% and 91.3% respectively over the same period last year. (CCTV News)

The Central Finger Research Institute: In November, the price of second-hand houses in Beijing narrowed by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month. On December 11th, the Central Finger Research Institute released a map of the price of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November 2024, 18,763 sets of second-hand houses were sold in Beijing, up 8% from the previous month and 49.6% from the same period last year. The cumulative turnover from January to November increased by 8.2% compared with the same period last year. In terms of price, in November, the price of second-hand housing in Beijing fell by 0.12% month-on-month, narrowing by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month.Coal stocks fluctuated higher, with the daily limit of Antai Group in the afternoon, Anyuan Coal Industry rose more than 5%, and Orchid Science and Technology, Luan Huaneng, Gansu Nenghua, Baotailong, Dayou Energy and Shaanxi Black Cat followed suit.Luckin Coffee will open seven stores in Hong Kong, and Luckin Coffee will further implement its plan to enter Hong Kong and open seven branches. Among them, Shop A16C-A, underground of New City, Sai Yeung Choi South Street, Mong Kok, covers an area of about 398 square feet. At present, the shop has been boarded up and is under renovation. An agent estimates that the monthly lease is HK$ 120,000. The other six branches are located in Miramar Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui, MCP New Capital Center in Tseung Kwan O, Shatin Center, Festival Walk in Kowloon Tong, Des Voeux Road Central in Sheung Wan and Ho Man Tin.