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WSJ What’s News

Meta to Return to China After 14 Years

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for Nov. 10. More than a decade after Facebook was shut out of the country, its parent company has struck a deal to sell its VR gear in China. Asia tech reporter Raffaele Huang says that could open up a huge new market for Meta, though regulatory questions remain. Plus, NovoNordisk rushes to boost production of its popular obesity treatments. And the WSJ’s Patricia Kowsmann explains how a hack targeting one of the world’s largest banks has disrupted the market for U.S. Treasurys. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Meta regains its foothold in China.

0:07.0

Plus, Novoordisk rushes to up production of its popular obesity treatments,

0:12.0

and we'll look at how the US let its influence in Latin America slip away.

0:17.0

There's a lot of frustration here.

0:19.0

They want to do business with the US,

0:21.0

but the US is not playing ball because US domestic politics

0:25.2

has changed quite dramatically in terms of promoting domestic industry and

0:29.5

perhaps ignoring parts of the rest of the world.

0:32.4

It is Friday, November 10th. I'm Luke Varnie. ignoring parts of the rest of the world.

0:32.6

It is Friday, November 10th.

0:34.4

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal,

0:36.6

and here is the AM edition of What's News?

0:39.6

The top headlines and business stories

0:41.5

moving your world today.

0:47.0

Meta is returning to China.

0:51.0

We're exclusively reporting that it struck a preliminary deal with the

0:54.3

world's largest video game company, Tencent, to sell its meta- Virtual Reality

0:58.9

headsets in the country as early as next year. The deal comes 14 years after Facebook was shut out of China and

1:06.5

Journal reporter Raphael Huang told us it could open up a major new market for Meta's

1:10.9

VR gear. The global shipment of VR headsets has been declining in recent quarters

1:16.0

due to the weakened economy and aging product offerings.

1:20.0

So the market is wondering whether VR headsets are able to win over a broader base of consumers.

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