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We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Could DeepSeek help China’s yuan dethrone the US dollar?

2. How China’s adoption laws risk freezing children out of family life

3. Could USAID’s closure open the door for Chinese soft power in the Global South?

4. China’s loss could be South Korea’s gain as Southeast Asia shifts arms spending

5. Chinese scientists make rare, ultra-hard, pure ‘super diamond’ in the lab



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China’s ‘super diamond’, DeepSeek and dethroning the US dollar: 5 weekend reads you missed

A Bank of China employee counts US and Chinese banknotes at a branch in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, in 2020. Photo: CNS

The tech-heavy US stock market has been one of the pillars supporting the US currency’s global standing. Photo: Shutterstock

Illustration: Brian Wang

USAID’s shutdown may put more attention on China’s programmes in the developing world, according to some Chinese officials. Photo: EPA-EFE

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Diamonds are used in various industrial applications. Photo: Shutterstock

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Chinese researchers say they can detect the US-made F-35 fighter jet from more than 1,800km away via its engine exhaust plume. Photo: US Air Force


Japanese online sensation Yuka Kinoshita has announced her retirement from competitive eating at the age of 40. Photo: SCMP composite/IG@yuka_kinoshita

Trump’s tariffs, US tech giants embrace China’s DeepSeek: 5 weekend reads you missed

US President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on the country’s three largest trading partners, risking a trade war that could cause broad economic disruption. Photo: AFP

Ships are loaded at the container terminal of the port in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province on January 25, 2025. Photo: AFP

US tech firms are rushing to adopt DeepSeek as part of their AI offerings. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Davies Christian Surya

China’s third aircraft carrier the Fujian leaves the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard on May 1, 2024 for its first navigation test. Photo: Xinhua

Donnie Yen in a still from Seven Swords, Tsui Hark’s 2005 sword-fighting epic and one of three notable wuxia films shot this century. Photo: Handout

China signals willingness to boost Israel ties despite strains from Gaza conflict

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From DeepSeek’s potential to help the yuan dethrone the US dollar to China’s adoption laws, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From DeepSeek’s potential to help the yuan dethrone the US dollar to China’s adoption laws, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


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China’s ‘super diamond’, DeepSeek and dethroning the US dollar: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From DeepSeek’s potential to help the yuan dethrone the US dollar to China’s adoption laws, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Could DeepSeek help China’s yuan dethrone the US dollar?

2. How China’s adoption laws risk freezing children out of family life

3. Could USAID’s closure open the door for Chinese soft power in the Global South?

From DeepSeek’s potential to help the yuan dethrone the US dollar to China’s adoption laws, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend