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1. Trump leaves China after much pomp and pageantry, but little to show for it

2. Trump and his CEOs want China’s business – but has Asia moved on?

3. What do travellers need to know when Hong Kong airport’s Terminal 2 opens?

4. Reality deficit: how South Korea lost the plot on AI

5. Have Chinese defence firms broken the sniper rifle range record – again?



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Trump’s China trip assessed, South Korea’s AI problem: 5 weekend reads you missed

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Beijing on Friday. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at Zhongnanhai on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Terminal 2 of Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Handout

A screenshot of the “baseball goddess” from an AI-generated video. Photo: X/kangminlee

Huanan OptoElectronic reported last year that a domestically developed rifle was able to hit five out of five targets at a distance of 3,017 metres. Photo: Hunan Huanan Opto-Electro Group

How does the Strait of Hormuz stand-off look in the wake of the Trump-Xi summit?

Iran is looking to tighten its control over the key shipping route. Photo: Getty Images

A sinking ship? Why the EU and China could be heading for a trade war

EU ambassador to China Jorge Toledo says the European Union is being attacked on all fronts by the Chinese press and government. Photo: European Union

Wang Xiaodong, derided over Covid-19 handling, comes under corruption cloud

Former Hubei governor Wang Xiaodong is under investigation for corruption. Photo: Handout

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From how Trump’s trip to Beijing measured up to South Korea’s deepfake epidemic, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From how Trump’s trip to Beijing measured up to South Korea’s deepfake epidemic, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Trump’s China trip assessed, South Korea’s AI problem: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From how Trump’s trip to Beijing measured up to South Korea’s deepfake epidemic, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Trump leaves China after much pomp and pageantry, but little to show for it

From how Trump’s trip to Beijing measured up to South Korea’s deepfake epidemic, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend