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1. Mainland China, Hong Kong launching Payment Connect scheme to aid capital flows
China’s central bank is launching a new connect programme with Hong Kong to facilitate cross-border payments – Beijing’s latest move to open up its financial sector and also leverage the southern financial centre to better connect with the rest of the world.
2. Overcapacity: the economic buzzword fuelling Europe’s clash with China

Decades of overinvestment and state subsidies in China, weak domestic consumption, an addiction to manufacturing, crashing corporate profits, zombie companies that the state does not let die and a superpower trade war have, the EU believes, created a perfect storm.
3. China uses water cannon to expel Philippine vessel from Scarborough Shoal
Chinese and Philippine vessels have clashed again in the South China Sea, with Beijing saying its coastguard used a water cannon to expel a Philippine government vessel near Scarborough Shoal on Friday. China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Friday afternoon that Philippine vessel 3006 had “ignored repeated warnings and insistently intruded” into Chinese waters near the strategic shoal.
4. China urges officials to rein in overzealous dining austerity measures
Leading publications of China’s ruling Communist Party have urged local governments to implement strictures on lavish banquets carefully, an attempt to temper overzealousness amid concerns from the country’s beleaguered food and beverage industry.
5. Will return of Indian pilgrims to Tibet help ease tensions with China?

China has been urged to use the resumption of visits to Tibet by Indian pilgrims to improve relations between the two countries after years of tensions. Earlier this year, China said it would allow pilgrims to return to the Tibet autonomous region this summer to follow two pilgrimage routes after a five-year suspension caused by Covid controls and ongoing cross-border tensions.
6. China’s influence is growing in Central Asia. What does that mean for Russia?
At a high-level summit this week, China and its Central Asian partners voiced their shared security concerns and showed a united front amid a turbulent global landscape. The close ties between Beijing and the five Central Asian countries – whose leaders met at the China-Central Asia Summit in Kazakhstan on Tuesday – have sparked questions about whether Russia’s regional dominance is waning as it remains preoccupied with the Ukraine war.
7. China ready to fight fentanyl, illegal immigration with US: top police chief

China has expressed willingness to work with the United States on anti-drug efforts and the repatriation of illegal immigrants – two priorities for US President Donald Trump – but urged “mutual respect” from Washington.


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China-EU friction in spotlight, excessive dining austerity measures: SCMP daily highlights

Chinese officials and state media deny comments by the EU that Beijing is weaponising its manufacturing power to disrupt global trade. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Mount Kailash is an important pilgrimage site for several faiths. Photo: Shutterstock

Fentanyl, the primary driver of US drug overdoses, has been a point of contention in US-China ties, with Washington blaming the fentanyl crisis on China, where many of the drug’s precursor ingredients are produced. Photo: Reuters

Singapore leader’s visit gives China chance to pitch itself as reliable partner for Asean

Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. Photo:  EPA-EFE

Chinese military robotics lab creates mosquito-sized microdrone for covert operations

A CCTV screenshot shows a Chinese mosquito-sized UAV developed at the National University of Defence Technology and suited to covert military operations. Photo: CCTV

Chinese scientists create edible fruit coating that ‘more than doubles’ shelf life

Tests on freshly cut apples suggest the the coating can delay browning and decay even on cut and peeled fruit, according to research findings published in Nature Communications. Photo: AFP

Around a third of all food produced globally is wasted, most of it perishable items like fruit and vegetables. Photo: Shutterstock

Word is bonds: China’s provinces use special-purpose funds to pay debts

China’s Hunan and Yunnan provinces are using special-purpose bond funding, typically earmarked for infrastructure, to pay businesses owed by local governments. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Hunan and Yunnan provinces are using special-purpose bond funding, typically earmarked for infrastructure, to pay businesses owed by local governments. Photo: AFP

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From a new mainland China-Hong Kong payment scheme to Beijing’s influence in Central Asia, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage


From a new mainland China-Hong Kong payment scheme to Beijing’s influence in Central Asia, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.


China-EU friction in spotlight, excessive dining austerity measures: SCMP daily highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From a new mainland China-Hong Kong payment scheme to Beijing’s influence in Central Asia, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

1. Mainland China, Hong Kong launching Payment Connect scheme to aid capital flows

From a new mainland China-Hong Kong payment scheme to Beijing’s influence in Central Asia, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage