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US-China relations

Opinion | Thanks to Trump, US threat of a ‘peaceful evolution’ recedes for China

His declaration that the US is done intervening could not have come at a better time for Chinese leaders, who have long fretted over Western influence undermining party rule.

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China’s Communist Party

China puts down strong grass roots in first steps to football superpower status

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Asia travel

Glimpse the old and new travelling the ancient Silk Road

Science

China doubles down on building cutting-edge telescopes in Thailand

13-metre Chiang Mai radio antenna and another being built in southern Thailand expected to aid GPS, climate research and quake forecasting.

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The 13-metre radio antenna has been jointly developed by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory and the National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

China industrial profits grow, Xinjiang eyes travel boom: SCMP daily highlights

From a positive trend for China’s industrial profits to Xinjiang’s plan to boost foreign visitors, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

China travel

China’s Xinjiang woos foreigners for 1 trillion yuan tourism haul amid sanctions

The region hopes a tourism boom will make its economy more resilient in the face of Western sanctions, analysts said.

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China-EU relations

‘There are limits’: the problems with China’s bid to patch things up with Europe

They may be stuck in a stalemate, with Beijing unlikely to yield on demands to intervene in Russia’s war on Ukraine or change economic model.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
US-China trade war

Cargo surge, private sector promotion law and more

This week: Container bookings rise as China and the US agree to 90-day tariff pause, US moves to bar use of Huawei AI chips “anywhere” and the EU has “no intention” to revive China investment deal. Next week: April data dump, private sector promotion law takes effect, USTR hearing on tariffs on Chinese ship-to-shore cranes and more.

US-China relations

As tariff truce begins, China warns of Western push to undermine its stability

Asia-Pacific region described as scene of ‘power play’ by Western entities seeking to ‘curtail, suppress and contain China’.

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US-China relations

US House passes China bills on issues from economic espionage to human rights

Representatives also move to strengthen US ties with Taiwan and approve legislation to sanction officials involved in Falun Gong abuses.

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The US House of Representatives approved a slate of bills on Monday focused on China-related issues. Photo: AFP
China-EU relations

Deal or no deal? EU engages US, China on high-wire bargaining act

Europe must navigate between the two powers, knowing that cutting an economic deal with one could make it impossible to do so with the other.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Beijing in April 2023. The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) has been frozen at the ratification stage by the European Parliament. Photo: Xinhua
China-EU relations

China lifts sanctions on EU lawmakers amid transatlantic strains

The move had been telegraphed by a series of meetings between European Parliament president and China’s ambassador to the EU.

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Trending in China

‘Never forget this brave sister’: Xinjiang dad tells girl about heroic officer

Petite police officer descends into 40-metre deep well, suffers from severe oxygen deprivation to pull toddler to safety.

China-EU relations

EU stays the course on Xinjiang sanctions as China eases up on bloc’s lawmakers

European Union’s diplomatic arm says no plans to reciprocate Beijing’s overture as it has not observed improvements in far western region.

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Men pray during services at a mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in April 2021. The EU has sanctioned several Chinese officials over alleged human rights abuses in the far western Chinese region. Photo: AP
China’s Communist Party

China’s museums get new mission: promote ‘diverse but unified’ ethnic history

Ethnic policy chief Pan Yue tells training session that exhibits should emphasise unity over ethnic division between Han and minorities.

A ceremony is held at the Museum of the War of Chinese People’s Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing in July, 2024. A recent high-level training session focused on unified historical narratives for museums. Photo: Xinhua

In Xinjiang, China’s security chief urges Mandarin use, terrorism crackdown

Chen Wenqing visits western region and calls on local agencies to combat crime, root out extremism and strengthen border defence.

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China-EU relations

Man detained in Sweden on suspicion of spying on Uygurs for China

Beijing has denied accusations from rights organisations about abuses against the ethnic minority group in Xinjiang.

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China’s Communist Party

Top China think tank shuts down research centre after questions of party loyalty

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences abolishes entity, warns any activities carried out in its name would be illegal.

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The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences headquarters in Beijing. Photo: Handout
Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific, HK Express to boost flights to mainland this summer

Airlines will provide nearly 300 return flights weekly during the peak of the season to cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Zhengzhou.

US-China relations

Western sanctions on China, Russia do little to change their minds: analysts

Punitive measures have neither led Beijing to slow its civilian-military integration nor convinced Moscow to roll back its war on Ukraine.

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China-Asean relations

Xinjiang’s ‘cultural harmony’ praised as Thai ministers visit deported Uygurs

Xinjiang Communist Party chief Ma Xingrui hosts high-level Thai delegation as part of a deal struck when Bangkok agreed to send back 40 Uygurs.

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Phumtham Wechayachai, the deputy prime minister and defence minister of Thailand, addresses a press conference on the deportation of Uygurs detained in Thailand, in Bangkok on February 27. Photo: EPA-EFE
Science

Chinese basin may have been a refuge in largest extinction. Do we need another?

Researchers say Turpan-Hami Basin in Xinjiang hosted diverse plant life throughout end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.

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An artist’s reconstruction of the South Taodonggou section of the Turpan-Hami Basin before the mass extinction. Image: Yang Dinghua
Thailand

Thailand plans a China visit to check on Uygur deportees’ welfare

Thailand has defended its move to return 40 Uygurs to China. The US last week imposed travel sanctions on Thai officials over the deportation.

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US-China relations

US hits Thai officials with visa sanctions over deportation of Uygurs to China

A group of at least 40 Uygurs was sent back last month despite warnings from UN experts that they could face torture and ‘irreparable harm’.

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Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong’s Cathay to fly direct to Urumqi from April 28

Flights to Xinjiang’s capital will expand carrier’s mainland Chinese destinations to 20.

Visitors at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

US House revives bill to tackle ‘trade crimes’ by Chinese companies

Legislation that would set up an investigative task force at Justice Department called a crucial companion to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Some 30 members of the US House of Representatives are sponsoring the legislation. Photo: AP
China-EU relations

Exclusive | Your best friend has abandoned you: inside China’s EU charm offensive

As bloc’s ties with US plummet over Donald Trump’s embrace of Russia, Beijing pitches itself as a more reliable partner than Washington.

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US-China relations

US condemns Thailand’s deporting of 40 Uygurs to China

The 40 men were flown back after being detained in Thailand for over a decade.

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