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Exclusive | Russia’s Putin is heading to China next week, days after Xi-Trump summit

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at Zhongnanhai on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Friday. Photo: AP
Chinese President Xi Jinping with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of their visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at Zhongnanhai Garden. Photo: Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at Zhongnanhai on Friday. Photo: AP
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Trump talks about Taiwan, espionage, trade deals and future meetings with Xi

US president wraps up ‘historic’ three-day visit with tea and a working lunch

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Exclusive | Russia’s Putin is heading to China next week, days after Xi-Trump summit

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Michael Kratsios has identified China as the US' “pre-eminent geopolitical rival and our most formidable technological and scientific competitor”. Photo: AP

Trump’s top science adviser visited Beijing. What does that mean for AI?

Beijing is vague on whether AI cooperation was on the summit’s agenda, even as experts urge collaboration on common problems.

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Lead Microsoft AI scientist Li Hongzhi joins China’s Tongji University

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Diplomacy

The ‘real test’ for China and the US after Xi-Trump summit

True challenge will be finding ways to ‘cooperate constructively within an inherently competitive relationship’, Chinese analyst cautions.

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Global Economy

Trump, touting deal, says China to buy 200 Boeing jets with promise for more

After leaving Beijing, the US president announced a pledge to buy at least 200 jets, and up to 750 under certain conditions.

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Business

6 bids for Hong Kong land sale signal renewed confidence despite market caution

Tung Chung site draws bids from major developers SHKP, Kerry and Sino Land, reflecting cautious optimism for the residential property market.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping leads US counterpart Donald Trump through the Yundou Gate, inscribed with couplets from the Qianlong Emperor, inside the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing on Friday. Photo: AP

Xi Jinping welcomes Trump into China’s hidden heart: Zhongnanhai

Global Economy

After Xi-Trump, China tech stocks retreat as market weighs ‘fantastic’ deals

Mainland benchmarks slip as investors lock in profits following Beijing summit, while analysts say the lack of specific deal terms suggests a deterioration ‘freeze’.

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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during his state visit to Beijing on May 14, 2026. Photo: Pool via Reuters
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Global Economy

Stephen Miran, Trump’s economic guru, is leaving the Fed. What happens now?

Miran quit his job as a Trump economic adviser to join the US Federal Reserve board, where he became known as a vocal dove.

Economics

Western powers ramp up support for Philippines’ Luzon economic hub

Eight more countries will invest in the project as they accelerate regional trade diversification in sectors ranging from AI to energy.

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Tech

How AI technology supports conservation of endangered species

Huawei Technologies’ monitoring systems speed up real-time identification of China’s primates, coastal coral, and Norwegian salmon.

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Huawei’s AI-powered identification and analysis system supports researchers to carry out real-time monitoring of the critically endangered white-headed langur in China’s Guangxi autonomous zone.

Diplomacy

‘We’ll be back’: the latest takeaways from the Xi-Trump talks

Chinese and US leaders chat as they stroll through the grounds of Zhongnanhai as Trump again dangles the idea of a ‘G2’.

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Xi Jinping and Donald Trump take a walk through the garden at Zhongnanhai in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Evan Vucci/Pool Reuters via AP

Science

Top Singapore-based physicist moves to China after superconductor breakthrough

Prominent young professor becomes doctoral supervisor at leading Chinese research university amid high-level recruitment drive.

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China Economy

After Trump visit, China’s top party journal doubles down on manufacturing push

The real economy must remain the bedrock of future growth, according to latest Qiushi article.

Law and Crime

Embattled Hong Kong developer sued for HK$130 million, days after founder’s death

Lofter Group founder Carol Chow, who reportedly died by suicide on Tuesday, was already facing bankruptcy petition over unspecified debts.

Lofter Group, known for its urban renewal projects across the city’s core districts, and an affiliated company were named as defendants in the High Court action initiated by Earth Core Holdings. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Tech

Meet Zhou Qunfei: the woman seated between Cook and Musk at China state banquet

The chairwoman of manufacturing giant Lens is one of the country’s richest self-made women, working her way up from Shenzhen’s factory floors.

Lens Technology chairwoman Zhou Qunfei seated between Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk at China’s state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday night. Photo: CCTV

Politics

Gunfire, farce and fugitive Philippine Senator Bato dela Rosa

‘Call me a coward’, ICC fugitive Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa told the cameras, as he holed up in the Senate in a bid to escape justice.

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Tech Trends

AI | China’s tech giants look to rewrite the e-commerce playbook with AI agents

The nation’s over 900 million e-commerce users are taking part in an experiment where rigid search terms are replaced by natural dialogue.

Diplomacy

From Confucius to Tsinghua: Trump invokes history to anchor China-US future

Both leaders used carefully crafted speeches at Thursday night’s state banquet to lean into the two countries’ deep and historical ties.

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US President Donald Trump makes a toast as he attends Thursday’s state banquet with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AFP

People

Thailand bars Chinese tourist for life after airport auto-gate outburst

The man reportedly became frustrated when the gates did not open after he slammed his passport on the reader.

The tourist is seen on CCTV kicking the autogates when they do not open for him. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong Economy

Hong Kong maintains 2026 GDP growth forecast at 2.5% to 3.5%

Government also raises headline inflation forecast for year to 2.6 per cent, up from 1.8 per cent projected in February’s budget.

Africa

Africa calls multi-nation health meeting amid fatal Ebola outbreak

There have been 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths recorded so far in the DRC, around five months after the last outbreak was declared over.

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Outside In | Xi-Trump summit aside, 2 meetings in Asia matter for global trade

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Opinion | For a thriving yacht economy, Hong Kong must go beyond infrastructure

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Letters | A phone-free policy will work only if students help create it

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Opinion | Brics is less a structure than a sentiment

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Editorial | Xi-Trump summit in Beijing heralds start of constructive, stable relations

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Video | ‘I love China’ says chip titan Jensen Huang

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As I see it | Beijing had already won before the Trump-Xi summit even started

World

Search for missing Italian divers continues in Maldives cave

Global Economy

Trump, touting deal, says China to buy 200 Boeing jets with promise for more

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AI | China’s tech giants look to rewrite the e-commerce playbook with AI agents

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Trump’s top science adviser visited Beijing. What does that mean for AI?

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6 bids for Hong Kong land sale signal renewed confidence despite market caution

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Stephen Miran, Trump’s economic guru, is leaving the Fed. What happens now?

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Embattled Hong Kong developer sued for HK$130 million, days after founder’s death

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The US-China trade war is entering a worrying new phase: a legal arms race

The US and China are racing to roll out competing sanctions, rules and regulations, leaving firms trapped in a legal Catch-22.

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Xi and Trump set sights on stability for China and the US – with a note of caution

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The toast, the tastes and the tech selfie that crowned the US-China summit

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Politics

Open Questions | Taiwan’s Cheng Li-wun on cross-strait peace, meeting Xi and managing US ties

Kuomintang chairwoman says hostility towards mainland is a product of political engineering that does not reflect reality of Taiwan.

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China Economy

Open Questions | Bai Chongen on China’s new economic paradigm and closing the US tech gap

Top economist explains how China has less in common with 1990s Japan than many think – and why talk of Chinese overcapacity is often ‘imprecise’.

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Open Questions | Why China’s yuan faces the same ‘illusions’ that stalled the euro: Daniel Gros

Former European economic adviser says Beijing’s bid to build an international currency will hinge on leaders allowing it to fluctuate freely.

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Diplomacy

Open Questions | ‘Saying you’re a geopolitical actor doesn’t make it so’: Sven Biscop on Europe

The Belgian political scientist on what the Iran war and the transatlantic collision reveal about Europe’s place in a fast-changing world.

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China’s booming tech exports give Beijing ‘wind in its sails’ for Trump summit

The role of tech products in April’s trade data reflects how computing-related goods are a ‘new and important growth driver’ for exports.

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Chinese trade received a significant boost from the technology sector in April. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Big Tech

Trump poured millions into tech giants seeking China deal, ethics filing shows

In the first quarter, Trump made at least nine trades in Nvidia, with transaction values ranging from US$1,001 to US$5 million.

China Business

Chinese EV makers hunt for idled plants in Europe as they expand global influence

BYD, the world’s largest electric car maker, says it is in talks with Stellantis about using European marques’ idled assembly facilities.

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Tech Trends

‘Panic’ over capacity crunch in mature node chips drives orders to Chinese fabs

AI demand shifts chip production to China, boosting SMIC’s capacity and revenue as global foundries focus on high-margin AI chips.

In the last quarter of 2025, SMIC was the world’s third-largest foundry with a 5.2 per cent market share. Photo: Shutterstock Images

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Handshakes of history: when Chinese and US leaders meet - an infographic

US President Donald Trump visited Beijing on May 13-15, 2026. Explore the meetings that have helped shape one of the world's most consequential bilateral relationships.

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Diplomacy

Latest US-China rivalry combines undersea dominance with a race to riches

Ahead of leaders’ summit in Beijing next week, experts point to a high-stakes competition that features military and mining technologies.

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China Economy

Why US commercial stakes are ‘too high for Trump to ignore’ on China visit

After the US$37 billion, 300-plane deal from Trump’s last visit stalled, industry observers say the next one could be more flexible.

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Will warming Arctic trigger further chill in US-China relations?

The prospect of opening up new sea lanes presents both challenges and opportunities for the rival powers, analysts say.

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