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President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump in Beijing. Photo: AP

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Putin follows Trump to China, Xi hosts US president, Baidu earnings

This week: Putin set to visit China after Trump, China agrees to buy Boeing planes, US restates Taiwan position and April exports weather Strait of Hormuz shutdown. Next week: Baidu and Nvidia report earnings, April retail sales may accelerate, Europe-China space mission makes second take-off attempt, and more.

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

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Top Singapore-based physicist moves to China after superconductor breakthrough

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Diplomacy

Xi Jinping meets foreign leaders: tracker, May 2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China right after the Trump-Xi summit.

US President Donald Trump gestures towards Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to gardens in the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing. Photo: Reuters
US President Donald Trump gestures towards Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to gardens in the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Science

On This Day | In 2021, China becomes the third country to land a rover on Mars – SCMP archive

On this day five years ago, China became the third country in the world to safely land a rover on Mars after months of space travel.

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

The Russian leader’s one-day visit, tipped for May 20, is unlikely to feature the pomp and elaborate details of the US president’s trip.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in September last year. Photo: Reuters
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in September last year. Photo: Reuters

China

Sanction-proofing China’s C919, AI deepfakes in Singapore: 7 highlights

From China’s message to Trump at the Temple of Heaven to a viral sushi parasite clip from Hong Kong, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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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Science

Does China’s Jiuzhang 4.0 computer herald the age of quantum supremacy?

New programmable photonic quantum computing prototype completed a complex calculation in microseconds, developers say.

A partial view of China’s new photonic quantum computing prototype, Jiuzhang 4.0. Photo: Xinhua
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Trump leaves China after ‘very successful’ visit with ‘old friend’ Xi

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

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Friday. Photo: AP
US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on Friday. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

China restores US beef trade amid Trump-Xi summit, alarming Brazilian exporters

Beijing’s renewal of import licences for US beef plants comes as Brazil nears its annual quota cap and scrambles for alternative markets.

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Diplomacy

Xi-Trump summit day 1: everything you need to know from the meeting in Beijing

From an elaborate welcome parade to what the two leaders discussed, here is everything you need to know from Xi and Trump’s meeting in Beijing.

China

Trump says Xi offered help on Iran as China seeks to keep Hormuz open

Chinese leader’s overture underscores how global issues are increasingly shaping US-China diplomacy and trade talks.

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China remains heavily dependent on Middle Eastern crude imports, with any prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz posing risks to its energy security and broader economy. Photo: Getty Images

Diplomacy

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

A day of positive messaging and personal rapport includes an invitation to visit the White House in September.

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Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: via Reuters
Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: via Reuters

Diplomacy

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

The Chinese and US presidents attend a glittering state banquet that combined Chinese and Western dishes.

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Military

Xi urges ‘utmost caution’ from Trump on Taiwan, warns of conflict risk

Managing ‘Taiwan question’ to be primary factor for ‘constructive strategic stability’ in ties over the next three years, analysts note.

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Will China’s mathematicians join a global effort to boycott the United States?

Question hovers as world’s premier mathematics conference faces revolt over American visa rules and foreign policies.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Illustration: Henry Wong

Diplomacy

From apps to autos: China’s data reach sparks US espionage and sabotage concerns

Washington accused of not doing enough to counter Beijing’s harvesting of key American data and weaponising it as a strategic asset.

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Science

UN climate body presses on after US quits, while China leads with renewables

As global temperatures near key threshold, the IPCC is focusing on adaptation and carbon dioxide removal, chair says.

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Science

Are US agents around Trump armed with Chinese red dot sights?

Apparent Holosun optic on security agent’s pistol in photo from correspondents’ dinner prompts US commenters to question Chinese link.

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Security officials react as a shooter opens fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, in Washington on April 25. Online commenters showed interest in the female agent’s drawn Glock pistol and what appeared to be a Holosun sight. Photo: Reuters
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Top Singapore-based physicist moves to China after superconductor breakthrough

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Stephen Lin Er Chow (right), pictured with colleagues from the research team that designed the new copper-free superconducting material. Photo: NUS Faculty of Science

On This Day | In 2021, China becomes the third country to land a rover on Mars – SCMP archive

Personnel at the Beijing Aerospace Control Centre celebrate after the Tianwen-1 probe’s lander successfully descended to Mars, carrying the Zhu Rong rover. Photo: Xinhua

Does China’s Jiuzhang 4.0 computer herald the age of quantum supremacy?

A partial view of China’s new photonic quantum computing prototype, Jiuzhang 4.0. Photo: Xinhua

Looming US rocket debris crash unlikely to hit Chinese moon landers: experts

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Nasa’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter map shows the predicted impact site for a Falcon 9 rocket part, expected to strike the moon in August, and the locations of other moon landers. Photo: Nasa

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

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Li Hongzhi has returned to China and is a distinguished tenured professor at Tongji University’s Institute of AI for Engineering. Photo: Handout
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Opinion | Brics is less a structure than a sentiment

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Trump says Xi offered to help end Iran war

China's President Xi Jinping (R) and US President Donald Trump visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Pool via REUTERS
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Xi and Trump tour Temple of Heaven during Beijing summit

China’s President Xi Jinping (C), US President Donald Trump (L) and Eric Trump (R) visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on May 14, 2026. Xi warned Trump that the issue of Taiwan could push their two countries into “conflict” if mishandled, a stark opening salvo as a superpower summit set to tackle numerous thorny issues began in Beijing on May 14. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / POOL / AFP)
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