Energy Insider: Five Chinese Citizens Kidnapped in Congo

In today’s Caixin energy news wrap: Investigation of Inner Mongolia coal industry recovers $8.2 billion; Chinese EV manufacturers eye used car market; solar wafer overproduction likely to cause price war next year.

Five Chinese citizens kidnapped in Congo

Five Chinese citizens were kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South-Kivu province, according to the Chinese Embassy. All of the kidnapped work for a mining company. The Chinese ambassador called for the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Ituri, South-Kivu and North-Kivu following several recent attacks on Chinese people in those provinces.