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1. PLA division overseeing Taiwan sees newcomers in charge
The Chinese military’s Eastern Theatre Command, the division that oversees Taiwan and that has been hit hard in Beijing’s anti-graft campaign, appears to be presided over by two officers who joined the division only recently.
2. Senior US and Chinese defence officials continue ‘military-to-military’ dialogue
Senior US and Chinese defence officials met in Washington this week in the latest sign of renewed military-to-military communication as the two countries seek to stabilise ties.
3. Surviving the shocks: what China and the US learned from 2025’s trade war

2025 has reshaped global trade and restructured supply chains, as technological competition and geopolitical tensions intensified following Trump’s return to the White House in January. As the year draws to a close, stakeholders across the global economy are left wondering whether the upheaval has brought them back to square one.
4. Chile’s sharp shift to the right puts it at the centre of China-US rivalry
Chile’s election of an ultraconservative leader has created another vocal ally for US President Donald Trump in a lithium-rich region where China has emerged as the dominant economic partner, positioning the South American country at the centre of an intensifying superpower rivalry.
5. China’s research paper boom could be a ‘false prosperity’, academician warns

A top scientist has sharply criticised China’s increasingly resource-driven research culture, warning that a reliance on vast accumulated funding, manpower and data for scientific output is inefficient and actively undermines genuine innovation.
6. ‘Invest in people’: how a new slogan signals a pivot in China’s economic policy
Beijing’s fresh imperative to “invest in people” – first raised in a proposal for the 15th five-year plan and reaffirmed at an agenda-setting policy meeting last week – reflects a rethink in economic strategy designed to stimulate domestic demand and improve social welfare, analysts said.
7. Why retailers are beating a hasty retreat from mainland China

Mannings, one of Hong Kong’s largest health and beauty chains, will cease all retail operations in mainland China, both online and offline, as it adjusts its strategy in the highly competitive market.


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PLA division’s new leaders, lessons from 2025 trade war: SCMP daily highlights

Air Force Lieutenant General Yang Zhibin, pictured in uniform, is shown at the annual commemoration of the Nanking massacre on Saturday. Photo: CCTV


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Chinese scientists are publishing a growing number of papers in top international journals and have led the world in research output since 2019. Photo: Handout

A pedestrian walks past a Mannings store in Shenzhen. Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Xiaomi launches open-source model to compete against DeepSeek, Moonshot, OpenAI systems

Xiaomi’s open-source AI model, MiMo-V2-Flash, is available on the company’s developer site MiMo Studio,  Hugging Face and the API Platform. Photo: Shutterstock

Benchmark comparison between Xiaomi’s MiMo-V2-Flash and other AI models. Photo: Handout

China bets big on copper, but ‘weaponisation’ risks low, unlike with rare earths: analysts

A coil of copper rod sits on the production line for copper flat wire at a factory in China’s Jiangxi province in August. Photo: Reuters

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From the newcomers in charge of PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command to retailers’ retreat from China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage


From the newcomers in charge of PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command to retailers’ retreat from China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.


PLA division’s new leaders, lessons from 2025 trade war: 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 newcomers in charge of PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command to retailers’ retreat from China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

1. PLA division overseeing Taiwan sees newcomers in charge

From the newcomers in charge of PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command to retailers’ retreat from China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage