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Sixth-gen fighter’s capabilities, China’s film industry on notice: SCMP daily highlights

From the stealth jet’s ability to block airspace 1,000km from China to Trump’s film tariff threat, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

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The Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation’s sixth-generation stealth fighter, unofficially referred to as the J-36. Photo: Weibo / 河东三叔
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1. Sixth-gen fighter could block airspace 1,000km from China’s shore: article

In a future conflict over Taiwan, Beijing’s sixth-generation fighter could block the airspace to foreign bases in Guam for up to two hours from 1,000km away, according to a mainland Chinese military magazine.

2. China’s offshore yuan jumps to 6-month high as tariff rollback likely: analysts

The offshore yuan strengthened and broke past the 7.2 level against the US dollar for the first time since November, signalling an optimistic shift in market sentiment as hopes of a trade war thaw and fresh demand grows for Chinese assets.

3. China’s film industry on notice in Trump threat to expand tariff war to services

Cosplaying audience members at a screening in New York of Ne Zha 2, the Chinese export that has emerged as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Photo: AP
Cosplaying audience members at a screening in New York of Ne Zha 2, the Chinese export that has emerged as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was ordering a new front in his tariff war – extending his “America first” blitz to foreign-made films and claiming that Hollywood was being “devastated” by the number of filmmakers and studios working overseas.

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