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Closing arguments made in Hong Kong media mogul’s national security trial, which has lasted more than 140 days
A lawyer for Jimmy Lai has argued that it is not wrong to support freedom of expression, as he began his final argument in the prominent Hong Kong democracy activist and newspaper founder’s landmark national security trial.
The barrister Robert Pang is representing Lai in his fight against charges of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring with others to issue seditious publications. Lai, 77, faces up to life in prison if convicted under a national security law imposed by Beijing after .

Countries agree to resume trade links and work to resolving border dispute after visit to Delhi by top diplomat Wang Yi
India’s prime minister and China’s foreign minister have hailed “steady” progress in their countries’ fractious relationship, agreeing to resume trade and other ties, as well as work towards resolving the long-running Himalayan border dispute, amid a global geopolitical shake-up instigated by Donald Trump’s tariff regime.
According to statements from China’s foreign ministry, the two sides agreed to resume direct flights – – as well as issuing visas to journalists and facilitating business and cultural exchanges.

Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China, France and other places that have not seen major outbreaks before.

In a nation blessed with 880 million acres of farmland, it is unacceptable to price young families out of the American Dream.

A new report by Dave Cantin Group says U.S. consumers are ready to buy Chinese-made electric vehicles because they're more affordable ...

China’s “bedside eavesdroppers,” the online posse parsing rumors for power shifts, have a lot to work with as Xi Jinping pushes aside his own political appointees.

The purpose of higher education | Totalitarian regimes | Thieving gulls | Digital beer tokens?
Simon Jenkins seems to have forgotten the purpose of higher education (). It is not, primarily, for vocational study, nor is it something to rush through in two years. It is to provide a lifetime love of learning and to encourage different ways of thinking. The solution is not to “cut back”, as Jenkins suggests, but, if anything, to ensure that as many students as possible experience the magic of university life.Emeritus Professor Gad HeumanUniversity of Warwick
• Zheng Zeguang should be applauded for reminding us how Britain and China joined forces to defeat fascism in the second world war (). Let us hope that Britain will continue to work with the Chinese people to oppose genocidal, expansionist, totalitarian regimes wherever they might have taken root in the world since then.Christopher HughesProfessor emeritus of international relations, LSE

Fashion retailer considered £50bn float in London but has not received backing from Chinese authorities

The online fashion retailer Shein is understood to be considering moving its base back to China from Singapore to pave the way for a Hong Kong listing.
The business, which was founded in China and moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2022, had been in London after failing to win approval from regulators in the US for a New York flotation.

It makes no sense for the U.S. to be educating the scientific and leadership class of a future adversary.

Elizabeth Lo gets participants to be extraordinarily open about their messy affairs as she follows a woman who helps spouses remove lovers from their partners’ lives
An early-middle-aged woman with a bright smile and a nonthreateningly frumpy dress sense, Wang Zhenxi has an extremely specific set of skills. Part therapist, part spy, part master strategist, she helps spouses expunge pesky mistresses and lovers from their partners’ lives, hopefully restoring monogamous harmony in the process. She’s called a mistress dispeller, which sounds very awkward in English and yet that’s a perfectly apt description for the cleansing process that Ms Wang performs.
Somehow, director Elizabeth Lo – who must have some killer persuasive skills of her own – managed to talk to Wang, her clients Mrs and Mr Li, and, amazingly, Mr Li’s mistress Fei Fei, into taking part in this film. Each corner of the love triangle gets to say their piece, and although the whole setup may seem a little strange what with the hiring of a professional relationship wrecker, ultimately the innate goodness and human vulnerability of these people shines through.

Wang's India visit comes days before PM Modi's trip to China, and signals a further thaw in relations.

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