China’s Tiangong beats ISS, mathematician mulls move: SCMP daily highlights
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...
Why Trump’s furniture tariffs could complicate efforts to reassemble China trade
US President Donald Trump’s renewed threat to impose tariffs on imported furniture could erode some of China’s exports while doing little to bring manufacturing...
Tech sector hails Beijing’s AI blueprint as local chip, server firms set to gain
China’s tech industry has hailed Beijing’s latest strategy to widely apply artificial intelligence to economic and social enterprises amid hopes the move could boost...
Why US is joining China in race to ‘game-changing’ rotating detonation engine
The United States has developed and tested its own version of a potentially transformative technology that could redefine the future of high-speed warfare and...
Philippines warns China not to cross ‘red line’ over grounded warship
The Philippines has warned China that any attempt to board or tow away its grounded warship at the Second Thomas Shoal would be crossing...
Huawei unveils drive storage products to help AI computing
Huawei Technologies has launched new memory products that can improve the efficiency of artificial intelligence (AI) computing, in the company’s latest effort to double...
New US Consul General Julie Eadeh arrives in Hong Kong after Beijing’s approval
Published: 8:35pm, 27 Aug 2025Updated: 10:26pm, 27 Aug 2025 An American official who met local opposition activists during the 2019 anti-government protests has arrived...
China offers South Asia a choice between swords and ploughshares
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi didn’t just tour South Asia earlier this month; he redrew the region’s strategic map. In three stops – India,...
UN inspectors back in Iran amid nuclear programme talks, no inspection deal yet
UN nuclear inspectors have returned to Iran for the first time since it suspended cooperation with them in the wake of Israel’s attacks on...