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1. China’s Xi Jinping to pay first state visit to US in more than a decade

   Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to pay a state visit to the US in September, the first in more than a decade, as the two powers seek stability amid their deepening rivalry. Shortly after leaving Beijing, where he held a summit with President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he and his Chinese counterpart would meet three more times this year. He...

2. IMF lauds resilient Hong Kong economy but warns of risks linked to Middle East war

   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded the resilience of Hong Kong’s economy, noting a sustained recovery despite economic activity having yet to return to pre-Covid levels, while warning of downside risks stemming from escalating geopolitical tensions. It also urged Hong Kong to pursue medium-term financial reforms, including the introduction of a goods and services tax, to stabilise...

3. What did American allies make of Trump’s trip to China to meet Xi?

   The summit between presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump was watched closely around the world for welcome moves towards stability but it also triggered anxiety among traditional US allies. As he returned home on Air Force One on Friday, Trump had a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. “We exchanged views, centring on various issues surrounding China, including the economy –...

4. Eye on the tiger: how Elon Musk’s son’s bag became a hit with Chinese public

   A Chinese-made tiger’s head bag carried by Elon Musk’s young son in Beijing has prompted a wave of interest online. Musk’s six-year-old son X Æ A-Xii, dressed in a Chinese style silk jacket, was pictured carrying the brown shoulder bag with a tiger’s face when he visited the Great Hall of the People with his father in Beijing. The photo quickly went viral on Chinese social media. The Tesla boss...

5. Hong Kong’s M+ museum to showcase collections in Paris under 5-year deal

   Collections from Hong Kong’s M+ museum will be exhibited in Paris alongside works from the Centre Pompidou in France under a five-year deal signed by the two institutions, which also covers research and talent exchanges. The memorandum of understanding for the multi-year partnership was signed on Friday at the M+ by its director Suhanya Raffel and Laurent Le Bon, the president of the Centre...

6. Trump poured millions into Nvidia, Apple in first quarter, ethics filing shows

   US President Donald Trump invested millions of dollars in Apple and Nvidia in the first quarter, according to financial disclosures released as he was wrapping up his first state visit to China since 2017. According to a filing disclosed by the US Office of Government Ethics on Thursday, Trump increased investment in Apple and Nvidia, whose CEOs were part of the president’s high-profile business...

7. Beijing had already won before the Trump-Xi summit even started

   Fans of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace all have their own reasons for loving the epic novel. Some read it as a story of personal growth, reflected in Prince Andrei’s spiritual quest. Others favour its portrayal of the Russian aristocracy in the early 19th century. As for myself, the novel punctured the myth of the military genius – not just Napoleon’s. The book’s final section on Tolstoy’s...

8. Maldives rescuers search for missing Italian divers in underwater cave

   Rescue teams in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives searched for a second day Friday for the bodies of four missing Italians following the country’s deadliest diving accident, officials said. Italy’s foreign ministry said on Thursday night that five citizens had died while diving, with Maldivian authorities recovering one body. Maldives Minister of Tourism Mohamed Ameen said coastguard...

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

   US President Donald Trump said China has agreed to purchase at least 200 commercial aircraft from Boeing, and up to 750 if certain conditions are met – a commitment which would end a nearly decade-long order drought – following a state visit to Beijing, where Trump said a purchase of up to 450 aircraft engines from General Electric was also agreed upon. “We made a lot of great trade deals,...

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

    The presence of US President Donald Trump’s top science adviser Michael Kratsios and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in the US delegation to Beijing this week raised the question of whether AI was on the talks’ agenda. When asked if the talks between Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping produced any results relevant to AI collaboration, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun did not give...