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Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. China woos the neighbours, with Xi said to be planning 3-country tour in April
President Xi Jinping is expected to embark on a swing around Southeast Asia next month as Beijing accelerates its efforts to deepen neighbourhood ties amid regional anxiety about US foreign policy during Donald Trump’s second administration.
2. Eye in the sky captures China’s Fujian aircraft carrier practising manoeuvres
China is ramping up performance testing of its most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, as it accelerates towards commissioning, according to commercial satellite images that were posted on social media.
3. China ‘still far behind’ US in maths prowess but is on the rise: Shing-Tung Yau

When the 75-year-old maths genius left Harvard, many thought he would retire. Instead, he is nurturing the next generation of Chinese talent.
4. Beijing almost ready to switch on world’s most powerful X-ray light source
About 50km (30 miles) north of Beijing’s city centre, construction is wrapping up on what is expected to be the world’s brightest X-ray light source, slated to switch on later this year to power research in fields ranging from materials science to biomedicine and physics.
5. ‘Vast untapped market’: how China’s elderly are transforming global tourism

Over-65s make up a fast-growing segment of China’s vast outbound travel market – and they tend to be big spenders.
6. China’s factory activity accelerates in March even as US ramps up tariffs
China’s factory activity hit a 12-month high in March, as the country ramped up measures to boost the economy in the face of an escalating tariff war with the United States.
7. How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar

In the Loess Plateau in China’s Shaanxi province, where coal mining has long been synonymous with back-breaking labour and perilous conditions, the Dahaize Mine is rewriting the rules of the industry.


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Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen during his last Southeast Asian visit in December 2023 with wife Peng Liyuan as they arrive in Vietnam. Photo: AP

Illustration: Henry Wong

Retirees make up a fast-growing segment of China’s vast outbound tourism market. Photo: EPA-EFE

Liang Yunfeng inspects smart machines at a Dahaize underground coal mine. Photo: Journal of Intelligent Mine

AI autonomy and endurance of China’s Rainbow-9 drone expected to change unmanned warfare

State broadcaster CCTV has aired footage of the Caihong-9 (Rainbow-9), China’s latest medium-to-high altitude, long-endurance drone. Photo: CCTV

The Caihong-9 (Rainbow-9) has a “smart brain”, according to a state media report. Photo: CCTV

China is working on oncolytic virus therapies. They could be ‘next frontier’ for cancer

Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide. Image: Shutterstock

Recent developments involving genetic engineering have supercharged the potential of oncolytic virus therapies. Photo: Shutterstock

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Rescuers work to save residents trapped under the rubble of a destroyed condominium in Myanmar’s Mandalay on March 29. Photo: AFP

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Computer scientist Sun Huanbo has taken up a position at Peking University. Photo: Peking University

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From Xi Jinping’s expected Southeast Asia tour to China performance-testing its aircraft carrier, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage


From Xi Jinping’s expected Southeast Asia tour to China performance-testing its aircraft carrier, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.


China woos neighbours, world’s brightest X-ray light source: SCMP daily highlights

From Xi Jinping’s expected Southeast Asia tour to China performance-testing its aircraft carrier, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage

1. China woos the neighbours, with Xi said to be planning 3-country tour in April

2. Eye in the sky captures China’s Fujian aircraft carrier practising manoeuvres

3. China ‘still far behind’ US in maths prowess but is on the rise: Shing-Tung Yau

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