(20 Jan 2025) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing - 20 January 2025 1. Wide of news conference 2. Wide of reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson: “We hope the U.S. will listen to rational calls and provide an open, fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for market entities from all countries operating in the U.S. We believe that business operations and acquisitions should be decided by the companies themselves based on market