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1. Trump threatens new anti-drug tariffs on ‘day 1’ for China, Canada, Mexico

President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to impose extra tariffs on Chinese imports as well as goods from the neighbouring US countries Canada and Mexico. Photo: AP
President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to impose extra tariffs on Chinese imports as well as goods from the neighbouring US countries Canada and Mexico. Photo: AP

US president-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he will impose new tariffs on goods from China using an executive order on the first day of his administration, which starts on January 20.

2. ‘Isolation leads nowhere’: China calls for supply chain cooperation amid turmoil

China doubled down on efforts for global cooperation to maintain the operation of international supply chains hours after US president-elect Donald Trump pushed his “America First” agenda by upping his tariff threats against Chinese imports.

3. Is a big-brained early hominid found in China a new species?

Recent discoveries and new analyses are painting an increasingly complex story of human evolution in China and Southeast Asia. Image: Handout
Recent discoveries and new analyses are painting an increasingly complex story of human evolution in China and Southeast Asia. Image: Handout

  

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