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1. China likely to strengthen backing for Iran as it looks to secure interests
Beijing is likely to step up support for Tehran as it tries to secure its strategic interests in the Middle East, analysts say, amid concerns over how the recent Iran-Israel war will reverberate across the resource-rich region.
2. ‘Whatever they do is wrong’: Chinese exporters trapped by Trump’s Asean tariffs
Chinese exporters like Huang Yongxing are desperate for some straight answers so they can start making and shipping goods from their factories in either China or Southeast Asia.
3. China creates first cyborg bee with world’s lightest brain controller
Chinese-made device can command the movements of bees, making them ideal to help search for survivors in earthquake ruins, scientists say.