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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 never backs down when faced with ‘unreasonable’ behaviour, Xi warns
There are no winners in a tariff war and China is not afraid of oppression, Chinese President Xi Jinping told visiting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday.
2. Will China dump US treasuries? Fears of ‘vicious spirals’ in global markets grow
As the trade war between China and the United States continues to escalate, fears are spreading that the conflict may spill over into dangerous new territory: the financial markets.
3. The more China tackles corruption, the more it finds. Can the battle be won?

Even as Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption purges go further and deeper, China’s legacy of corruption remains a widespread and serious problem
4. Xi Jinping to visit Southeast Asia as tariff war spurs China to strengthen ties
President Xi Jinping will set off on a tour of three Southeast Asian countries next week as Beijing urgently seeks to strengthen ties with its neighbours amid an intensifying tariff war with Washington.
5. Denisovans first discovered in Russia reached Taiwan Strait, fossil suggests

In a discovery that may rewrite the map of human prehistory, fossilised genetic evidence has revealed that the Denisovans – an elusive counterpart of the Neanderthals – ventured far beyond their Siberian origins, reaching the subtropical shores of the Taiwan Strait.
6. China’s exporters on edge as trade war casts shadow over Canton Fair
When fabric exporter Xie Jun registered early for the Canton Fair, he had high hopes for finding more clients – particularly those from overseas – at China’s oldest and largest trade expo. But the seemingly endless back-and-forth between Beijing and Washington, with one tariff increase after another, has left him deflated.
7. China’s defence chief to visit Vietnam for military exchange and joint patrol
Vietnam will host Defence Minister Dong Jun for a military exchange next week, marking his second visit to the country in four months as China seeks to strengthen ties with its Southeast Asian neighbours amid tensions in the South China Sea and an escalating tariff war with the US.


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Xi Jinping (right) and Pedro Sanchez walk after a meeting in Beijing on Friday. Photo: AP

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

An illustration provided by researchers depicts a Denisovan male in Taiwan in the Pleistocene era. Illustration: Cheng-Han Sun via AP

EU senses more leverage over Beijing as US and China wage superpower trade war

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (left) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi hold a joint press conference in Beijing on March 27. During his trip, Barrot pressed Chinese officials to do something about tariffs on cognac imports. Photo: AFP

US markets slide as tariffs on imports from China now hit 145%

Another selloff hit the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo: AP

Senator Todd Young, Republican of Indiana, said that tariffs “present a risk” to the biotechnology sector. Photo: Getty Images via AFP

A cargo ship at a pier at the Port of Baltimore in Maryland on Thursday. Photo: AFP

Chinese nuclear giant’s recruitment boast sparks backlash from young jobseekers

Students attend a job fair at Harbin Institute of Technology on March 26. Photo: Xinhua

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From Xi Jinping’s appeal to the European Union to China’s anti-corruption drive, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage


From Xi Jinping’s appeal to the European Union to China’s anti-corruption drive, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.
