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Harvard professor returns to China, Hong Kong braces for Tapah: 5 weekend reads you missed

From a homecoming for a world-leading academic to Trump’s take on China-India ties, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

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Liu Jun, one of the world’s leading statisticians and a longtime professor at Harvard University, has returned to China full time, accepting a prestigious chair at Tsinghua University last month. Photo: Handout
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1. Why homeward shift by Pentagon may signal US decline in ‘bad news’ for Taiwan

Members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol along the National Mall, in Washington last week. Photo: AP
Members of the South Carolina National Guard patrol along the National Mall, in Washington last week. Photo: AP

2. Harvard’s top mathematician Liu Jun leaves US for China

Liu Jun (top centre), one of the world’s leading statisticians and a long-time professor at Harvard University, has returned to China full time, accepting a prestigious chair at Tsinghua University last month. Photo: Handout
Liu Jun (top centre), one of the world’s leading statisticians and a long-time professor at Harvard University, has returned to China full time, accepting a prestigious chair at Tsinghua University last month. Photo: Handout

3. Trump suggests India is moving towards ‘deepest, darkest’ China orbit

US President Donald Trump during a White House meeting on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump during a White House meeting on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
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