PBOC inject 200bn yuan via a 1-year MLF

People's Bank of China added in 200bn yuan via a one-year Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF in case you were wondering)

• operation rate 2.95%,
• unchanged from its previous MLF

Meanwhile, this from earlier:

• Trump to add another two Chinese companies to blacklist: SMIC & CNOOC

Stockmkt taking them down:

• China's #1 chipmaker SMIC is off circa 1%
• National offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC down near 5%