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As the US turns 250, young Asian-Americans weigh identity and China
Many feel more at ease with their heritage but see the future of US-China ties, not anniversary festivities, as more relevant to their lives.
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Nobel-winning scientist Omar Yaghi joins China’s Tsinghua University from the US
Yaghi hopes to lead team using AI to create materials to tackle global challenges such as carbon neutrality and water shortages.
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Noted neurobiologist and ex-taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China
As former faculty vice dean swaps San Diego for Shenzhen, her lab offers jobs, training to researchers interested in sensory signalling.
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Politics
Hong Kong Legco chief urges higher standards after lawmaker’s drink-driving arrest
Starry Lee calls on members to learn from incident involving William Wong and be more rigorous in their conduct to meet public expectations.
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Beijing sends new coastguard force into waters east of Taiwan
Xiushan ship formation has replaced Daishan group to continue ‘routine law enforcement patrols’, Beijing says, as Taiwan shadows fleet.
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Chinese team’s brain-mimicking chip ‘up to 478 times faster than Nvidia GPU’
New chip performs data storage and computation in a single memory array, enabling real-time modelling of complex brain structures, team says.
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Is it wiser for middle powers ‘not to take sides’ in face of US-China rivalry?
Speakers at event in Beijing say that ‘hedging’ between Washington and Beijing will give other countries greater autonomy.
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Business
How Changan Automobile’s design-driven brand strategy shapes its global expansion plans
Klaus Zyciora, vice-president of the Chinese carmaker, says its innovative, smart, low-carbon vehicles can entice customers around the world.
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Global Economy
Currency advantages, K-beauty fuel Chinese shopping trips, spending in Korea
Chinese tourists in Seoul are turning tourist trips into shopping sprees, as a softer won makes luxury and lifestyle services more affordable.
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Economics
The end of ‘just in time’? Asia rejigs supply chains post-Hormuz
Covid, Ukraine, Iran: three shocks in six years appear to have ended Asia’s love affair with efficiency no matter the cost.
4 Jul 2026 - 1:00PM
Diplomacy
China’s port role in Africa extends far beyond docks: study
The Africa Centre for Strategic Studies says Chinese firms are deeply embedded across the continent’s maritime networks.
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Politics
Will reluctance from local government undermine reforms to China’s hukou system?
At present, millions of workers cannot register in the cities where they work, limiting access to services such as health and education.
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Further to fly? Shenzhen poised to add more international flights
Shenzhen Baoan Airport could add more routes as China’s aviation regulator considers easing requirements for intercontinental flights.
4 Jul 2026 - 10:00AM
Middle East
Thousands gather in Iran as Khamenei funeral ceremonies begin
Six days of funeral ceremonies are planned to commemorate Ali Khamenei, who ruled Iran from 1989 until his killing aged 86 on February 28.
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Education
Hong Kong’s third medical school hires 300 teachers, expects to raise intake to 200
Recruits include retired professors and doctors, with only one teacher coming from another local medical school, dean says.
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PLA Navy officer recalls dramatic Sudan evacuation at Hong Kong barracks open day
Visitors receive first-hand account of mission to take 940 Chinese nationals, including two Hongkongers, to safety during civil war in 2023.
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Europe
Italian rice crops suffer in drought, worst European heatwave ever
Italian rice farmers are despondent over the lack of spring rain, while rivers from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea are in ‘critical situation’ because of drought.
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Hong Kong Economy
Hong Kong graduates at crossroads as AI takes over entry-level jobs, experts warn
City’s net employment outlook for third quarter plunges to minus 9 per cent, 20 percentage points lower than previous quarter, ManpowerGroup reveals.
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Middle East
Lebanon’s president urges US solidarity as Israeli troops occupy south
Hezbollah has rejected a US-backed framework deal, which does not set a timetable for an Israeli withdrawal.
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OPINION
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There should be no further delay in implementing reform of sex crime laws
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Anthony Rowley
Macroscope
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How ‘post-industrial’ buyer’s remorse set in for the West and Japan
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Alex Lo
As I see it
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Is ‘no Greenland seafood for China’ the US’ new security doctrine?
4 Jul 2026 - 9:30AM
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Tristan Eng
Asian Angle
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Singapore’s trade pacts prove small states can shape global rules
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As Europe bakes, how people in China kept cool before air conditioning
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Economist Richard Koo on China and Japan’s shared ‘battle against time’
China has strong tech industries and a large market – but so did Japan before its recession, warns the Nomura Research Institute scholar.
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Nie Huihua on non-Westernness of Chinese government and challenge to innovation
Harvard-trained professor examines the tension between strengthening centralised control and encouraging local enthusiasm.
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AIIB head Zou Jiayi on multilateralism as ‘infrastructure of global trust’
As the Beijing-based development bank marks its 10th anniversary, its president says institutions like hers ‘create certainty amid uncertainty’.
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Can China’s memory chip giant CXMT keep thriving after IPO and AI boom?
CXMT is taking orders for its advanced DDR5 server memory from Tencent and ByteDance after completing customer validation, a source says.
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China’s ByteDance discovers new scaling law that could sustain AI boom
Researchers at the Chinese tech giant have been analysing how fast AI agents can improve by performing real-world tasks.
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Alibaba bans staff from using Claude Code over Anthropic spyware concerns
The Chinese tech giant has listed Claude Code as ‘high-risk’ software, after discovering Anthropic had tracked Chinese users using hidden code.
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China’s Momenta IPO oversubscribed 414 times as Hong Kong listings pack calendar
Autonomous-driving firm draws nearly 210,000 orders for a US$751 million offering, making it year’s second ‘red-chip’ firm to get Beijing’s permission to list via offshore structure.
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The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China
From EVs to robotics, China’s advancement in cutting-edge tech has seen it shake off the West’s long-standing belief in US exceptionalism.
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Diplomacy
Why Chinese-American success stories still provoke prejudice and fear
Almost a century and a half has passed since the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act, but anti-Asian prejudice is still rife.
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As Beijing raises Shanghai’s offshore yuan profile, where will Hong Kong fit in?
Geopolitical tensions add fuel to long-standing debate about China’s need for multiple offshore yuan centres – a role that suits Shanghai well.
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Why the Vietnam ‘detour’ for US-bound Chinese goods hit a dead end
Is finding another Hanoi haven possible, or would trying be a fool’s errand for Chinese firms looking to get the jump on Trump and evade tariffs?
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