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Chinese exports show strong resilience in April despite US tariff war
8.1 per cent increase compares with market expectations of a 1.9 per cent rise.
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India says it targeted Pakistan’s radar amid speculation it was made in China
Islamabad described as having tried to ‘engage a number of military targets’ in India and getting ‘neutralised’ by New Delhi.
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From Pakistan claiming Chinese-made J-10Cs in India clash to a Cathay Pacific oversight, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
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Manga icons like Sailor Moon teach Japanese train etiquette to foreign tourists
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China and Russia accuse US of raising nuclear war risk, vow to respond jointly
Statement decries US initiatives including expansion of security alliances, development of ‘Golden Dome’ and sharing of nuclear technology.
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US rules out UK-style ‘fast’ trade deals for South Korea, Japan
Commerce Secretary Lutnick said the UK pact showed ways that nations could see Trump remove sectoral tariffs imposed on products like metals.
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Pope who? Election of first US pontiff stuns St Peter’s crowd
The cheering crowd fell silent when Robert Prevost’s name was read out in Latin, and reporters had to tell some of those gathered who he was.
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Hong Kong, mainland delegation eyes insights on Middle East regulatory landscape
Markets in Qatar and Kuwait present ‘strong potential’ for diversification amid trade war due to region’s high GDP per capita, CEO says.
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Hong Kong stocks waver ahead of US-China trade talks in Switzerland
US President Donald Trump says trade talks in Switzerland could yield ‘substantive’ tariff cuts.
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Shamanism claims threaten to derail South Korea’s presidential front runner
Conservative front runner Han Duck-soo has denied claims his wife, described as a ‘mother of superstition’, is deeply involved in shamanism.
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EU to report on Trump-fuelled Chinese trade diversion this month
Will assess impact of US tariffs on Chinese shipments; European Commission also mulls retaliatory levies on US$100 billion worth of US goods.
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US ‘can’t control’ India-Pakistan war, it’s ‘none of our business’: Vance
The US vice-president urged both sides to show restraint, hoping the fighting does not spiral into a ‘nuclear conflict’.
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China’s Unitree fixes flaw that gives hackers remote control of robots
The start-up has downplayed the impact of the vulnerability, noting that the affected model has been discontinued.
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‘Erratic and unpredictable’: US more to blame for trade war than China: report
The majority of business leaders surveyed believe tariffs are a major threat and that the US should be first to de-escalate.
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Princeton’s Rory Truex unwraps Trump’s gifts to China, from tariffs to tech wars
The Chinese politics specialist says he could imagine Beijing leadership smiling about Washington’s ‘counterproductive’ foreign policy.
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Why Scott Kennedy thinks the US-China trade war is ‘far from the endgame’
The political scientist talks tariffs, a potential deal between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, and why the US dollar has lost some of its lustre.
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Beijing adviser Yan Anlin on why a timetable for reunification has drawbacks
‘We are in a preparatory phase’, noted Taiwan studies expert and former aide to lead negotiator in historic 1993 cross-strait talks says.
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Ex-diplomat Kerry Brown on how Trump ‘stunned’ China with his ‘lack of caution’
King’s College, London professor says he ‘cannot think of a worse tactic’ than threatening Beijing and presenting ‘zero-sum’ options.
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Alibaba’s Qwen3 unseats DeepSeek’s R1 as world’s top-ranked open-source AI model
Qwen3 surpassed R1 in LiveBench tests that gauge open-source AI models’ capabilities including coding, maths and data analysis.
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China’s Unitree fixes flaw that gives hackers remote control of robots
The start-up has downplayed the impact of the vulnerability, noting that the affected model has been discontinued.
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The device features Huawei’s AI assistant and a wide range of Chinese software, including WPS and Alibaba’s DingTalk.
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How China’s self-sufficiency drive is dividing the global tech ecosystem
Countries need to be ready for a world of bifurcated supply chains and data flows, economist Gary Ng says during a panel hosted by the Post.
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Trump’s tariff chaos: top Hong Kong bra maker presses on to beat 90-day pause
Trump’s 90-day pause provides opportunity for manufacturer and US clients to avoid impact of tariffs.
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China’s dying EV batteries are powering its circular economy in new-energy era
Recycling critical materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel are driving profits and shoring up China’s resource security as trade war with US hits supply chains.
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‘Major obstacle’: Southeast Asian pests biting into China’s food security
Pests are thriving under El Niño and migrating to southern China causing rice yield losses and a potential food shortage.
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Can China’s security doctrine build trust with Asian neighbours and keep US out?
Analysts caution that there are still challenges to overcome in Beijing’s efforts to project itself as a benign partner in the region.
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