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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) welcomes Donald Trump in Beijing in November 2017 during the US president’s last trip to China. Photo: Xinhua
2026 Trump-Xi summit

Why Trump’s China trip delay could open the door for ‘more substantive’ results

Analysts say postponement of US president’s trip to Beijing is a strategic opportunity and unlikely to derail momentum in stabilising ties.

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US, Israel war on Iran

It’s been 2 weeks since war broke out in Iran. Is there an end in sight?

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China manufacturing

China’s industrial policy goes global, challenging decades of free market rule

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US-China relations

From ‘love and hate’ to nationalism, can Xi and Trump rebalance ties?

Chinese scholars say the US-China relationship has changed, and there’s a chance for the two powers to steer away from confrontation.

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US President Donald Trump is expected to visit Beijing and meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the end of the month. Photo: TNS
Iran

Why China sees stability in hardliner Mojtaba Khamenei’s rise to lead Iran

Continuity over change seen in cleric whom analysts anticipate could double down on policies against the US and Israel.

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US-China relations

Taiwan tensions No 1 in Beijing’s top 10 geopolitical risks of 2026: think tank

Most consequential external security variable may be uncertainty in the US ahead of the midterm elections in November, report warns.

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Two Sessions 2026

Is Trump’s China trip still on? Despite Iran, Wang Yi sees potential

Chinese foreign minister suggests the summit with Xi is still on track and high-level engagement remains key.

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A Xi-Trump summit could still be on, despite the turmoil in the Middle East. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

As US universities retreat from China, who is filling the academic void?

Many elite Sino-American ventures have ended under the strain of geopolitics but other, more diverse, programmes are emerging.

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Science

‘Two sessions’, two paths: China prioritises AI integration amid US tech rivalry

Beijing’s open-source push in focus ahead of annual legislative meeting and coming five-year plan, as Washington chooses different approach.

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Science

Manufacturing talent boom? Why China’s smartest students are factory-bound

Some of the country’s brightest minds enter traditional industrial sectors as manufacturing loses its blue-collar stigma.

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For graduates of China’s top universities, working in manufacturing means contributing to cutting-edge fields. Photo: Reuters
Fame and celebrity

Meet Michelle Mao, who plays Rosamund Li in Bridgerton’s season 4

The Tennessee-born actress, who was raised in Hong Kong and Beijing, was also in last year’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey with Margot Robbie.

Michelle Mao stars as Rosamund Li in season four of Bridgerton. Photo: AP
Science

China team unveils 3D printing leap, creates solid structure in under 1 second

Showing broad applicability, researchers use biocompatible materials to make helical tubes and branched structures mimicking blood vessels.

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China’s Communist Party

Why is the Communist Party warning cadres about their performance?

The party’s new governance campaign comes at a critical time for the ruling body and the country.

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US-China relations

Trump touts US ‘golden age’, avoids direct mention of China before Beijing trip

In nearly two-hour State of the Union speech, American leader focuses on economic strength and global leadership ahead of midterm elections.

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US President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the US Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
China-Japan relations

China adds Japanese entities to export control list, turning up heat on Tokyo

Beijing has also added 20 Japanese firms and institutions to a watch list for the export of goods with potential military applications.

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China has added 20 Japanese entities to an export control list amid heightened tensions with Tokyo. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

China prioritises regional expertise over language fluency in academic shift

Some 450 regional studies centres have been set up across more than 180 institutions nationwide since Ministry of Education launched project.

US-China relations

Trump-style diplomacy could win friends for China but harm US ties with Beijing

Observers say even Washington’s close allies need to hedge against a more assertive foreign policy, with some already courting Beijing.

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Hong Kong politics

Protecting national security seen as key to Hong Kong’s stability

City leader hosts meeting of 150 officials, advisers, lawmakers and experts on State Council’s white paper on local affairs.

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Hong Kong and national flags. A white paper issued by Beijing earlier this week focused on Hong Kong’s obligation in protecting national security under the “one country, two systems” framework. Photo: Jelly Tse
US-China relations

Taiwan tensions poised to be primary flashpoint of Donald Trump’s Beijing agenda

Analysts say they expect ‘exceptionally intense’ strategic manoeuvring on Taipei when US president and Xi Jinping meet in April.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals

The GLM-5 represents a shift in AI development from ‘vibe coding’ to ‘agentic engineering’ to generate an enhanced performance.

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Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein files reveal proposal for Tsinghua University campus in Boston

Prominent figures affiliated with the top Chinese university and Harvard discuss the plans in newly released emails.

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Emails from 2016 suggest China’s Tsinghua University had agreed to build a branch campus in Boston, but the plans later fell through. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | How ‘ghost workers’ stand at the crossroads of AI development

The future of artificial intelligence depends not only on algorithms but on who controls and benefits from the labour that machines rely on.

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An employee works at a tech start-up in Bengaluru, India, on February 3, 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

China’s cloud giants race to support Moltbot, the ‘AI that actually does things’

Hyperscalers embrace the AI agent, which can execute tasks without step-by-step instructions, but privacy concerns loom large.

China jobs

With AI in the driving seat, China moves to rein in job displacement risks

China’s central government unveils plans for policy to reduce industrial labour pains caused by widespread use of artificial intelligence.

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Science

Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year

Virus whose fatality rate can reach up to 75 per cent is said to be manageable and less likely to cause an outbreak in China.

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Healthcare workers in the southern Indian state of Kerala wear protective gear as they attend to a man with symptoms of the Nipah virus in September 2023. Photo AFP
Artificial intelligence

Tsinghua, Microsoft researchers train AI model using synthetic data, Nvidia chips

The team’s SynthSmith data pipeline develops a coding model that overcomes scarcity of real-world data to improve AI models.

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Synthetic data mimicking real-world data is generated by AI algorithms. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Wilczek’s Multiverse | Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career

The inspirational Chinese physicist, who lived to the age of 103, was renowned for two historic achievements.

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Education in Hong Kong

HKU ranks seventh globally for education as East Asia ‘makes strides’

Times Higher Education releases latest annual subject rankings, with Peking University entering top 10 for computer science for first time.

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