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1. China passes private sector law, addressing gripes of beleaguered businesses
China passed a much-anticipated law to shore up the country’s private economy on Wednesday, as Beijing delivers on its oft-repeated promise to protect and promote the non-state sector at a time when the Chinese economy looks to hinge more on domestic dynamism to ensure growth amid a trade war with the United States.
2. Senior PLA ideology official Miao Hua removed from China’s top legislature
Miao Hua, a top general at China’s powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), has been removed from his position as a member of the country’s legislature, the National People’s Congress.
3. China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts return home after forced landing site switch

China’s three-person Shenzhou-19 crew successfully landed at a new site in the Inner Mongolia region on Wednesday, after poor weather delayed their return from the Tiangong space station.
4. Chinese traders in world’s largest wholesale market adjust to fewer US buyers
A growing global base of customers is helping vendors in Yiwu city mitigate the fallout from a tariff war with the United States as uncertainties take toll.
5. China’s Shandong carrier makes rare show of force as US and Philippines hold joint drills
The Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong has made two rare transits north of the Philippines within the span of a week, in what analysts called a “show of force” as US and Philippine forces held joint drills in the area.
6. Global trade war: sparks fly at WTO session over China overcapacity, tariffs
An obscure committee in Geneva became the latest battleground in the global trade war on Tuesday as Chinese diplomats clashed with counterparts from the United States, Europe, Japan and others over claims of Beijing’s industrial overcapacities and Washington’s swingeing tariffs.
7. Chinese flight bookings to US in summer decline amid tariff war
Advanced flight bookings from China to the US for this summer have declined, the latest data shows amid escalating trade tensions between the economic superpowers.


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The return capsule of the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship is seen after landing in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Astronaut Wang Haoze emerges from the Shenzhou-19 return capsule at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

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Questions are being raised over whether Taiwan’s strategic value to the United States is being judged primarily by what the island can deliver economically and militarily. Photo: AFP

Boxes of products imported from Taiwan wait to be stocked on shelves at a market in Los Angeles, California, USA. Photo: EPA-EFE

Illustration: Henry Wong

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus. Illustration: Huy Truong

Tourists queue up at the Louis Vuitton boutique in Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, in January. Photo: Jelly Tse

Deciding to talk about a less-than-satisfactory sex life, to stop pretending everything’s fine, is a powerful step to fixing it, experts say. Photo: Shutterstock

BYD’s new cut-price SUV, China to crack down on ‘autonomous driving’ claims: 7 EV reads

BYD launches the Titanium 3 electric SUV under its Fang Cheng Bao brand in Shenzhen on April 16. Photo: Handout

BYD electric cars, bound for South America, are stacked at the Taicang Port in Suzhou in eastern Jiangsu province on April 8, 2025. Photo: AFP

An accident in China involving a Xiaomi EV claimed three lives in March. Photo: Weibo/ 章博

William Li, CEO of Chinese EV maker Nio, poses next to the company’s ET9, in Shanghai on April 22, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Boy swallows gold bar, China’s ‘miracle girl’, husband’s affair filmed: 5 trending stories

A Chinese woman who filmed her husband’s affair and then shared video footage of it online has been sued by the mistress for compensation. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

A Chinese boy’s distended abdomen prompted a visit to the doctor, who found that he had ingested a gold bar. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

A Chinese woman who paid her late boyfriend’s US$82,000 debt and continued to care for his parents after she married another man has been widely praised on social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

A teenage boy in China suffers the loss of an arm and nearly loses vision in one eye due to an explosion during a science experiment at home. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

A girl in northern China miraculously survived a fall from the 25th floor of her building. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

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From a difficult return to Earth to a US show of force near the Philippines, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage


From a difficult return to Earth to a US show of force near the Philippines, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.


Chinese astronauts touch down, senior PLA official ousted: SCMP daily highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From a difficult return to Earth to a US show of force near the Philippines, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

1. China passes private sector law, addressing gripes of beleaguered businesses

From a difficult return to Earth to a US show of force near the Philippines, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage