Published: 9:15pm, 20 Mar 2025Updated: 9:16pm, 20 Mar 2025
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1. What’s behind the pro-Beijing camp’s criticism of the Panama ports deal?
Beijing’s public support for criticism of Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings’ decision to sell off its Panama port assets is designed to send a message to every mainland and Hong Kong company doing business overseas.
2. How China is solving the nightmare that killed Elon Musk’s Hyperloop
Chinese engineers have overcome the hurdles that stopped the US billionaire’s idea for a vacuum tube transport system in its tracks.
3. China’s military in frugal mode as it seeks best bang for its yuan
The Chinese military is taking a harder look at its bottom line, with officers stressing the need to keep costs in check as the PLA presses on with a massive modernisation campaign.