Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a form of "spiritual opium", to clamping down on "blind" worship of internet celebrities.

BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - A senior EU official said Sunday's target date for a Brexit deal might well turn into another missed deadline in the saga, adding that the latest developments in EU-UK talks did not leave them "very optimistic".

"The only certainty I have is that Jan. 31," the official said, referring to the date when Britain leaves the EU's single market and customs union, leaving behind its current free trade arrangements with the 27-nation bloc.

Kerry Schott AO, John Carl Pollaers OAM, Christine Francis Holman and Mark William Grimsey Twidell released near-identical statements on Wednesday saying they were independent from Mr Cannon-Brookes and his business entities.

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