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1. China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, enters service
China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, entered into service on Wednesday at a grand ceremony held in Sanya, Hainan, according to state media reports.
2. China’s exports fall in October as firms wait out trade war reset
China’s exports fell in October amid a volatile trade war with the United States – though recent high-level talks between the world’s two largest economies have since eased tensions.
3. 7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of Trump’s ‘G2’

At a meeting in Brussels last month, foreign ministers from the European Union’s 27 member states sat down to discuss the bloc’s plans for the Indo-Pacific region. The conversation, according to several people familiar with it, lasted just seven minutes.
4. Can China and South Korea build on their diplomatic momentum?
Talks between the Chinese and South Korean leaders have renewed diplomatic momentum, but what happens next could hinge on how Seoul balances its relations with Washington, according to analysts.
5. What ship did China use to test a drone helicopter at sea?

China has put another shipborne uncrewed helicopter through its paces at sea, but the ship used for the tests has drawn more attention than the new aircraft.
6. Factories first: why China is determined to shield manufacturing from decline
Beijing has pledged to prevent industrial hollowing-out by safeguarding the share of manufacturing in its economy, noting that the trend has historically proven difficult to reverse in an official outline of priorities for the next five years.
7. Will EU ‘play hardball’ in US-China rivalry? Brussels faces division on autonomy

In an era defined by intensifying US-China rivalry, the European Union often finds itself pulled in opposite directions by the competing giants, caught in trade wars, technological decoupling and the fallout from Russia’s protracted war in Ukraine.


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China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, EU’s struggle for relevance: SCMP daily highlights

The Fujian aircraft carrier is the world’s largest conventionally powered warship and makes China the second country to have a carrier with electromagnetic catapults. Photo: Xinhua

There are growing fears that the EU is being left behind, and that decisions about its future are being made elsewhere. Photo: Reuters

The drone helicopter AR-500CJ was shown in a state television report taking off, hovering over and landing on a ship’s flight deck at sea. Photo: CCTV

Illustration: Brian Wang

China’s southwestern industrial base eyes breakthroughs on novel drugs

Tablets and capsules made using key pharmaceutical ingredients from China. Photo: DPA

People pose for selfies on Chongqing’s Qiansimen Bridge in February last year. Photo: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images

King Maha Vajiralongkorn to make first China trip by Thai monarch in 50 years

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn is expected to visit cultural and religious sites in Beijing as well as institutions that highlight China’s development in science, technology, innovation and education. Photo: AFP

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Iran insists it does not want to develop nuclear weapons. Photo: TNS

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From the Fujian aircraft carrier entering service to China’s exports falling in October, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage


From the Fujian aircraft carrier entering service to China’s exports falling in October, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.


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China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, EU’s struggle for relevance: SCMP daily highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From the Fujian aircraft carrier entering service to China’s exports falling in October, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

1. China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, enters service

From the Fujian aircraft carrier entering service to China’s exports falling in October, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage