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POLITICSSep 24Trump flinched next to China’s Xi during a military flyover - and it became an instant memeCommenters skewered Trump for what they described as an over-the-top, comic reactionThe Independent World
BUSINESSSep 24China trade deal extended through January, Bessent says, as Xi arrives for Trump meetingTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to extend their trade truce by two months, after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the U.S. for a summit with President Trump. “We have agreed today that we will extend … the détente, economic détente between the two countries that was scheduled…The Hill
DISASTERSep 24Private jet flap scare triggers ‘local standby’ at Hong Kong airportA mechanical fault on a private jet triggered a precautionary “local standby” at Hong Kong’s airport on Thursday, with the aircraft later landing safely. The Gulfstream G650 reported a flap problem at around 5.21pm, with an estimated time of arrival of 5.53pm, prompting the Fire Services Department and other airport rescue units to deploy personnel to strategic positions along the runway in readiness for immediate assistance. An ambulance was also dispatched as part of the initial emergency...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 24Xi-Trump summit day 1 highlights: red carpet for China’s leader, Rubio defends visit, and moreWe have put together stories from our coverage of Xi and Trump’s meeting in the US so far. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Big picture or big deals? What the Xi-Trump summit holds for China and the US With the balance of power shifting between the US and China, the success of this week’s summit hinges not on headline-grabbing deals, but on practical, cautious consensus under a new strategic stability framework, according to Chinese researchers. 2....South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 24Asian Games 2026 LIVE: India beats Korea 8-2 in men's hockey to continue winning runWushu player Roshibina Devi Naorem won a silver medal in the women’s 60kg sanda eventThe Hindu
CONFLICTSep 24Russia recruiting up to 25,000 North Koreans to assemble drones: What the data showsEuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHSep 24China tech faces fresh scrutiny as US blacklist bill introduced, Lenovo case emergesChina’s technology sector is facing fresh pressure in the United States as lawmakers seek to broaden the range of products that can be placed on a trade blacklist, while Lenovo Group has been drawn into a patent dispute involving memory devices. The Communications and Technology Transparency Act, unveiled by the US House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, would expand the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Covered List from “communications equipment or service” to the much...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 24Americans’ views of China have warmed, survey finds ahead of Trump-Xi summitThe share of U.S. adults with a positive view of China rose to 19 percent this year, a Pew survey found.Washington Post World
POLITICSSep 24Trump, Xi expected to talk Taiwan, AI, trade and Iran as DC summit kicks offTrump greeted China's Xi at Joint Base Andrews, marking the U.S. president's first time traveling to the facility to welcome a foreign leader.CNBC
BUSINESSSep 24Chinese retail chain faces rare backlash for limiting new hires to 4-year contractsRetail tycoon Yu Donglai, widely known as China’s “most conscientious” boss, recently triggered public controversy with a proposal to sign only a four-year “training initiative” contract with future new hires, without renewing it. Yu has been nationally acclaimed for the many unconventionally humanistic rules he set up for Pangdonglai, a supermarket chain he founded in central China’s Henan province in 1995. Yu, for example, once said his 8,000 employees’ after-tax monthly salaries average 9,000...South China Morning Post
DISASTERSep 24At least ten dead due to typhoon Dujuan in JapanNOS Buitenland
DISASTERSep 24Day service shuttle collides with car; 100-year-old woman transported, regains consciousnessAsahi Shimbun
WORLDSep 24Japan’s Ohashi breaks 200m breaststroke world record at Asian GamesShin Ohashi, 17, claims his second Asian Games gold with his record-breaking effort in front of a thrilled home crowd.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 24China and US both seeking the holy grail of AI dominanceBij de top vandaag in Washington tussen de Chinese president Xi Jiping en zijn Amerikaanse gastheer Trump zal ook de ontwikkeling van AI ter tafel komen. Zowel China als de VS is er veel aan gelegen de onbetwiste leider te worden in het toepassen van kunstmatige intelligentie. Een dergelijke positie brengt tenslotte economische groei en macht. De ontmoeting tussen Trump en Xi komt op een moment van wrijvingen tussen Peking, Washington en de Amerikaanse techbedrijven, die momenteel vooroplopen in de race. Hoe staat die race ervoor, hoe verschilt de Amerikaanse benadering van de Chinese en wat kNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 24What a 2-month trade-truce extension between China and the US reveals as rifts persistAn extension of the US-China trade truce, agreed upon at an unscheduled meeting between the two countries’ top economic officials, underscores a willingness to contain trade tensions, according to analysts who deemed it a positive signal for this week’s presidential summit. While the rollover extends the truce by only two months, the analysts said it provided businesses with a measure of short-term certainty while raising the stakes for the next round of talks to determine whether the truce can...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 24Mito nail artist murder case: Prosecution seeks 21-year prison sentence for former partnerAsahi Shimbun
WORLDSep 24Japan Teenager Ohashi Smashes 200m Breaststroke World RecordThe 17-year-old cut more than half a second off the previous mark of 2:05.48 held by China's Qin Haiyang. The post Japan Teenager Ohashi Smashes 200m Breaststroke World Record appeared first on Channels Television.Channels TV
POLITICSSep 24Hong Kong authorities won’t appeal court halt to 12,000-flat project on golf coursePlans to build 12,000 public flats on part of Hong Kong’s oldest golf course have been thrown into serious doubt after the government chose not to appeal a court’s decision to uphold a ruling revoking the project’s environmental approval. Authorities said on Thursday that they had decided against appealing after “holistically” considering legal advice following the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the overturning of conditional approval for the construction of 12,000 flats on part of the...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 24Trump to host China's Xi at White House with AI and tariffs on the agendaPresident Trump described Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit this week as "very productive," though the White House has said little about what was achieved during the summit.CBS News
HEALTHSep 24US regulators back multi-cancer blood test – but Hong Kong doctors remain cautiousEfforts to detect multiple cancers through a single blood draw are gathering momentum after US regulators endorsed the technology for the first time, although experts say wider adoption in Hong Kong still faces challenges as doctors remain cautious about its clinical value. In a landmark decision for the emerging field of multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blood tests, a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel on Thursday voted in favour of US company Grail’s “Galleri test”, recommending it...South China Morning Post
WORLDSep 24Mount Fuji off-season: Rescued climbers without climbing notification to face fine of up to 50,000 yen starting next season in ShizuokaAsahi Shimbun
POLITICSSep 24Trump welcomes China's Xi to WashingtonUS President Donald Trump welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Thursday for a lavish state summit expected to be heavy on symbolism but light on substance, with both leaders keen to showcase stable ties despite a deep underlying rivalry. Trump greeted Xi on arrival on Wednesday evening, the first time a US president has welcomed a foreign leader at Joint Base Andrews in 11 years.France 24 [en]
SCI & TECHSep 24Alibaba unveils ‘pragmatic’ AI road map to drive monetisation, infrastructure efficiencyThe artificial intelligence road map presented at its flagship Apsara Conference this week showcased a pragmatic pivot by Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding, offering a clearer path to monetisation despite a sharp escalation in capital expenditure, analysts said. The conference, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday under the theme “Intelligence goes beyond”, highlighted “Alibaba’s disciplined execution across its full-stack AI ecosystem”, said Cathy Chan, an analyst at CCB International. She...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHSep 24Inside China's mind on AIChina is waging a much different war for AI supremacy than the U.S.Why it matters: China is obsessed with state control and adoption. Chinese officials are laser-focused on deep, widespread AI domestic use they can monitor and steer at every level of their economy.By contrast, America is obsessed with developing superior AI faster. Period. The U.S. thinking: The nation first to true super-intelligence wins everything.China and the U.S. agree on three AI certainties: The country with the most powerful AI holds power, sets global standards, and wins the coming decades economically and militarilyAxios
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