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Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. China’s ‘national team’ intervenes to stabilise markets after Beijing’s pledge of support
China’s Central Huijin, a key “national team” investor, has reportedly begun to intervene in domestic stock markets to counter the panic unleashed by the US trade war, after Beijing earlier signalled it had policy tools available to deal with Washington’s reciprocal tariff blitz.
2. China urges unity, prepared for ‘any shocks’, as US trade tensions soar
China has called on the nation to “weather storms together” amid an escalating trade war with the “capricious” Trump administration after the US president warned that Beijing had miscalculated in striking back at his new tariffs.
3. Will Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ threaten China’s fragile consumer recovery?

A barrage of stimulus policies has helped lift consumer sentiment in China, but the recovery is still tentative – and could be dented by a US trade war.
4. Taiwan’s military simulates worst-case scenario: PLA drill turns into attack
Taiwan’s military has kicked off an unprecedented 14-day tabletop exercise simulating its worst-case scenario: the People’s Liberation Army turning a drill into a full-scale assault on the island.
5. Grand Theft Auto Shanghai? Chinese scientists build a virtual city – for police

As the gaming world eagerly awaits Grand Theft Auto VI, rumoured to allow players to enter over 40 per cent of its virtual buildings, scientists in Shanghai have quietly achieved something far more ambitious: a hyperrealistic digital twin of China’s largest metropolis, built not for role-playing criminals but for policing.
6. Ex-CIA official Dennis Wilder on why US-Europe rift is ‘highly exaggerated’
The national security specialist and former CIA official on US-China ties and the group chat discussion that shocked the world.
7. New Chinese funding plan will help extend railway to Uganda, Kenya says

China’s proposal of a new funding structure to finance most of a stalled Standard Gauge Railway extension bordering Uganda will allow Kenya to revive the project, according to Nairobi.


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Exhibition on gardens of China, Europe; art director’s top spots: 7 Lifestyle highlights

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Beijing intervenes to steady markets, ‘Grand Theft Auto Shanghai’: SCMP daily highlights

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a “Foreign Trade Barriers” document as he delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 2, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo/File Photo

Customers apply for subsidies under a government trade-in programme for consumer goods in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua

A virtual version of Shanghai, accurate down to the last manhole cover, may be reminiscent of hit game Grand Theft Auto VI, pictured, but is helping police patrol the city. Photo: Rockstar Games

Chinese workers on a section of the Standard Gauge Railway in 2018, before a presidential inspection of the Nairobi-Naivasha Phase 2A project. A Chinese consortium will provide 40 per cent of the funding for the 475km line from Naivasha to Malaba. Photo: AFP

Rare snow leopard’s death in suspected hit-and-run sparks Chinese police investigation

The are an estimated 5,000 snow leopards left in China. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Gold, dollars? China’s middle class unsure where to invest amid market chaos

A woman walks by an electronic board displaying Shanghai share prices near a brokerage house in Beijing. Turbulence has rocked China’s stock markets in recent months amid uncertainty over the country’s economic prospects and a potential trade war with the United States. Photo: AP

People cross a street in front of a large screen displaying the latest stock and economic data in Shanghai. China’s financial markets have been rocked by turbulence in recent months amid uncertainty over a potential trade war with the United States. Photo: EPA-EFE

Chinese upgrades to Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base ‘aimed at de-risking supply chains’

Cambodian soldiers walk in formation during the inauguration ceremony for the upgraded Ream Naval Base and the Cambodia-China joint logistics and training centre on April 5. Photo: AFP

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet (centre) receives a guard of honour during the inauguration ceremony, at Ream Naval Base on April 5. Photo: AFP

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From Beijing’s response to tariff-driven turmoil to an ex-CIA official on US-China ties, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage


From Beijing’s response to tariff-driven turmoil to an ex-CIA official on US-China ties, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.


Beijing intervenes to steady markets, ‘Grand Theft Auto Shanghai’: SCMP daily highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Beijing’s response to tariff-driven turmoil to an ex-CIA official on US-China ties, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage

1. China’s ‘national team’ intervenes to stabilise markets after Beijing’s pledge of support

From Beijing’s response to tariff-driven turmoil to an ex-CIA official on US-China ties, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage