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The return of Boeing 737 Max jets destined for the Chinese market may speed up plane deliveries to Malaysia Airlines, but analysts warn about expanding too quickly, noting how wider costs are poised to spike as parts become more expensive and consumers prepare to take fewer flights. Advertisement Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company of Malaysia Airlines, is flying high. It recorded a profit for the third year in a row in 2024 – its longest gaining streak since a major restructuring a decade ago. And having had to…

Advertisement The People’s Liberation Army Southern Theatre Command said on Sunday night that the BRP Apolinario Mabini, a Jacinto-class patrol vessel in the Philippine Navy, was challenged near Scarborough Shoal, which is claimed by Beijing and Manila, earlier that day. The shoal, which is known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines, has been in Beijing’s actual control since 2012. Command spokesman Senior Colonel Zhao Zhiwei said the Philippine frigate “illegally entered China’s territorial waters of Huangyan Island” without the approval of the Chinese government. “[We]…

China will impose sanctions on members of the United States Congress, officials and heads of non-governmental organisations “who have behaved badly” on Hong Kong-related issues. Advertisement “The United States has imposed unlawful, unilateral and indiscriminate sanctions against the offices of the Central Government of China in Hong Kong and six officials of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), thereby seriously interfering in the affairs of Hong Kong and China’s internal affairs, in grave violation of the principles of international law and the basic norms of international…

Advertisement A survey published at the end of March found the supply of postdoctoral positions at Chinese universities “far exceeds” the number of young researchers looking for a job. The findings were reached after an analysis of more than 24,000 university job postings and a similarly sized sample of jobseekers from channels such as the Chinese Ministry of Education and online recruitment platforms. According to the statistics, for every five postdoctoral early career research vacancies, there was on average just one jobseeker. Of all recruitment groups, the study found the…

Women protesters in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday attacked a Chinese-run site in the northwest of the country mining zircon, setting fire to equipment, the interior minister and witnesses said. Advertisement One protester said they had acted after the authorities failed to respond to their complaints that the activity was damaging their farms and ruining the local environment. Several women and a village leader were arrested following the protest at Nhiquin, near the resort town of Valera not far from the border with Senegal, witnesses said. They said several hundred women were…

China has warned that it will firmly oppose and retaliate against any attempts by other countries to trade away its interests, following reports that the US is pressuring its trading partners to limit trade with Beijing in exchange for tariff exemptions. Advertisement In a statement published on Monday, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce said Washington was using reciprocity as a pretext to impose unilateral economic pressure, calling it “unilateral bullying” that violates international norms and “economic hegemony under the cloak of fairness”. “Trying to trade away others’ interests…

In its race to attract visitors and fuel spending, China’s gateway city of Shanghai welcomed a record-high 220,000 spectators for the rip-roaring Formula One Chinese Grand Prix last month. Advertisement Projected to have brought more than 5 billion yuan (US$685 million) in direct and indirect economic benefits to the city, according to the organiser, the prestigious motor race is among the more than 170 international and national sports events that are scheduled to take place in Shanghai this year. And Shanghai’s fervour for holding large-scale sporting events is being shared…

Relying on brute strength has never been the Chinese way of fighting. A smaller fighter with superior inner balance and core strength can overcome a larger opponent. As China faces an escalating economic war with the United States, this ancient wisdom also applies. Advertisement Beijing is not eager to negotiate and is not under any illusion that the tariff war with Donald Trump’s America will end soon. The Chinese leadership now recognises that unlike the trade disputes of Trump’s first term, America’s strategic goal now is not merely trade rebalancing…