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1. Sixth-gen fighter could block airspace 1,000km from China’s shore: article
In a future conflict over Taiwan, Beijing’s sixth-generation fighter could block the airspace to foreign bases in Guam for up to two hours from 1,000km away, according to a mainland Chinese military magazine.
2. China’s offshore yuan jumps to 6-month high as tariff rollback likely: analysts
The offshore yuan strengthened and broke past the 7.2 level against the US dollar for the first time since November, signalling an optimistic shift in market sentiment as hopes of a trade war thaw and fresh demand grows for Chinese assets.
3. China’s film industry on notice in Trump threat to expand tariff war to services

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was ordering a new front in his tariff war – extending his “America first” blitz to foreign-made films and claiming that Hollywood was being “devastated” by the number of filmmakers and studios working overseas.
4. What’s behind China’s anti-corruption crackdown targeting top military brass?
China’s anti-corruption drive targeting the top brass of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) should not be taken as a sign that President Xi Jinping has weak control over the military, according to analysts.
5. Roses are red but first they were yellow, Chinese and Dutch study finds

While “roses are red” in a familiar poem, new evolutionary genetic analysis by Chinese and Dutch researchers has revealed that the first roses were likely yellow.
6. Joy Air’s joyless pilots forced to deliver food as Chinese airline hits rock bottom
A regional airline in western China, entangled in multiple labour disputes and a debt crisis, has suspended all flights – with some pilots forced to make a living by delivering food.
7. Ancient Chinese star catalogue is the world’s oldest, astronomers say

Two Chinese scientists believe their country’s earliest star catalogue – an astronomical list of celestial bodies known as “Shi’s Star Catalogue” – is the world’s oldest star log, dating back some 2,400 years.


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Sixth-gen fighter’s capabilities, China’s film industry on notice: SCMP daily highlights

The Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation’s sixth-generation stealth fighter, unofficially referred to as the J-36. Photo: Weibo / 河东三叔


Cosplaying audience members at a screening in New York of Ne Zha 2, the Chinese export that has emerged as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Photo: AP

Chinese and Dutch researchers have discovered the first roses were most likely yellow, not red. Photo: Shutterstock

In a new study, researchers say a star list created by astronomer Shi Shen, from China’s Warring States period, is the world’s old star catalogue. Photo: eduhk.hk

Trump tariffs portend bleak prospects for China’s toy exporters at Canton Fair

Toys made in China on display at a Walmart store in San Leandro, California, on April 30. Photo: EPA-EFE

Chinese graduates in UK face bleak prospects amid job crunch: ‘it’s devastating’

Chinese graduates are struggling to find work in the United Kingdom, where youth unemployment remains stubbornly high and the government is tightening visa rules. Photo: SCMP

Chinese graduates are struggling to find work in the United Kingdom, where youth unemployment remains stubbornly high and the government is tightening visa rules. Photo: Shutterstock

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From the stealth jet’s ability to block airspace 1,000km from China to Trump’s film tariff threat, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage


From the stealth jet’s ability to block airspace 1,000km from China to Trump’s film tariff threat, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.


Sixth-gen fighter’s capabilities, China’s film industry on notice: 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 stealth jet’s ability to block airspace 1,000km from China to Trump’s film tariff threat, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

1. Sixth-gen fighter could block airspace 1,000km from China’s shore: article

From the stealth jet’s ability to block airspace 1,000km from China to Trump’s film tariff threat, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage