China’s record-breaking cable laying machine, GDP forecast cut: SCMP daily catch-up

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1. China’s GDP forecast cut as Trump trade worries take hold before new term

Though Donald Trump has not yet taken office, his expected tariff increases have led S&P Global Ratings to cut growth projections for China.

2. ‘It’s not that simple’: why China, EU face worst-case scenario as Trump returns

Leading Chinese researcher on European studies and ex-diplomat Cui Hongjian says Beijing, Brussels and Washington may find themselves in a “triad game”.

3. China builds a machine capable of laying submarine cables in the Challenger Deep

The Mariana Trench is one of the most inaccessible places on the planet, but now the Chinese Haiwei GD11000 cable can reach this remote seabed. Photo: Dalian Maritime University
The Mariana Trench is one of the most inaccessible places on the planet, but now the Chinese Haiwei GD11000 cable can reach this remote seabed. Photo: Dalian Maritime University

China has built the world’s first machine capable of laying submarine cables in the Challenger Deep, the deepest known place on Earth.

  

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