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Yesterday marked yet another grim milestone in the detention of my friend and The Wall Street Journal colleague Evan Gershkovich: 300 days. Evan was detained by Russia simply for doing journalism. Grateful to everyone who continues to share his story and call for his release.

Lots of good people are out of jobs today in the The Wall Street Journal DC bureau. And really, for no discernible reason given that the WSJ and its parent companies have seen record profits. A totally bleak, depressing and dispiriting start to 2024 for media.

Today marks 45 weeks since Evan was detained just for reporting on Russia. We're not stopping until Evan is back with his family and back in the The Wall Street Journal newsroom. Get involved. Write to Evan: freegershkovich.com Run for Evan: strava.com/clubs/1161501 #FreeEvan

What’s a Chinese company? That simple question is proving hard to answer, creating headaches for Wall Street banks that are increasingly faced with competing Chinese and U.S. regulatory demands. Rebecca Feng Dave Sebastian wsj.com/finance/regula… wsj.com/finance/regula…

China has more obese people than anywhere else in the world, and that is fueling a gray market of drug sellers and buyers, who have little trouble getting around China’s rules on the use of Ozempic. Dave Sebastian wsj.com/health/pharma/… wsj.com/health/pharma/…

Here is an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/48nHBTO

A growing gray market for Ozempic is posing a regulatory conundrum in a country with a serious obesity problem (Hint: It isn’t the U.S.) on.wsj.com/48m0qa7 on.wsj.com/48m0qa7

Ozempic is taking off with the world's largest obese population: China is increasingly turning to weight-loss drugs, and that is fueling a gray market of drug sellers and buyers. Once in a while from me on life outside capital markets for The Wall Street Journal: wsj.com/health/pharma/…

Hong Kong’s IPO market was once the biggest in the world. Now, its great hope is bubble tea. Dave Sebastian wsj.com/business/the-t… wsj.com/business/the-t…

Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group has abandoned plans to list its logistics arm, dealing a major blow to Hong Kong’s beleaguered initial public offering market wsj.com/finance/stocks… via The Wall Street Journal w/Dave Sebastian

Here is an early look at the front page of a special section wrapping today's Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/3vyw07m

"China Shock 2.0 Sparks Global Backlash Against Flood of Cheap Goods—Emerging economies join U.S. and Europe in shielding domestic manufacturers from a rising tide of Chinese imports" Jason Douglas Dave Sebastian wsj.com/world/china/ch… wsj.com/world/china/ch…

Starting every source meeting with this from now on

To all my The Wall Street Journal fam losing their jobs today: Keep your chin up, take a deep breath, and enjoy the first day of the rest of your life. DM me, call or email if you want to talk.

It's my first week at Bloomberg Bloomberg! I'll continue writing about Asia equity capital markets out of Hong Kong. I'll be on the lookout for IPOs, convertible bonds and anything related to equity and equity-linked deals. Let's chat: dsebastian9 [at] bloomberg [dot] net.

Smithfield Foods Inc. has picked advisers including Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to work on an initial public offering in the US intending to raise at least $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. trib.al/TT7lEJ8

Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War on.wsj.com/4cheS5q