(21 Aug 2024) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing - 21 August 2024 1. Wide of news conference 2. Wide of reporters 3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson: “We urge the E.U. to immediately correct its wrong practices, stop politicizing, instrumentalizing and weaponizing economic and trade issues, and show sincerity instead to meet China halfway, speed up discussions on appropriate solutions, avoid escalating trade friction and avoid affecting mutual