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Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. China to strengthen strategic ties with neighbours, Xi Jinping says
Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to strengthen strategic bonds with neighbouring nations by “appropriately” managing differences and enhanced supply chain ties.
2. Chinese exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage to avoid crushing Trump tariffs
Amid escalating trade tensions between China and the United States, some Chinese exporters are taking the drastic step of ditching shipments mid-voyage and surrendering containers to shipping companies to avoid crushing tariff costs.
3. China signals determination to defend yuan after offshore level hits record low

Beijing lowered the yuan’s daily reference rate only slightly on Wednesday, despite the offshore yuan hitting a record low overnight, signalling China’s determination to stabilise its currency amid an ever-escalating trade war with the United States.
4. How dependent are these 6 major Asian economies on the US market?
Based on official data compiled by financial data provider Wind, the Post has calculated the share of exports from some major Asian economies to the United States, as a percentage of national gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023.
5. Chinese residents and developer spot green shoots at Malaysian ‘ghost city’

The luxury compound still has no supermarket, but more Singaporeans are making day trips on weekends.
6. First encounter: Chinese AI meets quantum power and gets smarter, faster
Chinese researchers say they have achieved a global first in using a real quantum computer to fine-tune an artificial intelligence (AI) model with 1 billion parameters, showing the potential of quantum computing to help better train large language models.
7. WWII bomber base enlisted for US power projection against China in the Pacific
A remote US airbase in the western Pacific – best known as the departure point for the planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – has been reclaimed from the jungle to pose an asymmetrical threat to the Chinese mainland, analysts said.


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China’s pledge to neighbours, exporters dumping cargo mid-voyage: SCMP daily highlights

Shipping containers are seen at the Port of Houston in Texas. Importers have taken to ditching Chinese containers mid-voyage to avoid paying US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. Photo: AFP

Containers at a port in Nanjing on Tuesday. Importers have taken to ditching Chinese containers mid-voyage to avoid paying US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs. Photo: AFP

Photo: AFP

Illustration: Henry Wong

China prepared to ‘strike back’, state media says as new tariffs kick in

US President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese goods by a cumulative 104 per cent. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on Chinese goods by a cumulative 104 per cent. Photo: Reuters

China may weaponise service trade to hit back against US tariffs: commentators

The US is escalating its trade war with China by imposing an extra 50 per cent tariff. Photo: Shutterstock

The US is escalating its trade with with China by imposing an extra 50 per cent tariff. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s State Council to supervise probe into fatal blaze at nursing home

Chengde in Hebei province, northern China, where a nursing home fire broke out on Monday night. Photo: handout

A street view of the residential complex in Chengde, Hebei province, northern China, where a fire broke out in a nursing home on Tuesday night. Photo: Baidu Maps

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From Xi Jinping’s pledge to neighbouring nations to exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage


From Xi Jinping’s pledge to neighbouring nations to exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.


China’s pledge to neighbours, exporters dumping cargo mid-voyage: SCMP daily highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Xi Jinping’s pledge to neighbouring nations to exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage

1. China to strengthen strategic ties with neighbours, Xi Jinping says

From Xi Jinping’s pledge to neighbouring nations to exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage