Navigating the Trump ‘chaos’, China’s economic priorities for 2025: SCMP daily highlights

Navigating the Trump ‘chaos’, China’s economic priorities for 2025: SCMP daily highlights

[South China Morning Post] - 03/6/2025

From China’s top economic officials laying out their priorities to a call for easier divorces, here’s a round-up from today’s China coverage.



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Workers protest over unpaid wages at Hong Kong airport totalling HK$6 million
Dozens of construction workers gather near Airport South Interchange over labour dispute involving Gammon Construction.
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Trial run to offer services for ageing Hong Kong residential buildings in 4 districts
Old buildings in Yau Tsim Mong will receive property management services, followed by Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City and (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Cyclone approaching Australia east coast weakens to tropical system
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was expected to be the first cyclone to cross the east Australian coast near the Queensland (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Hong Kong must seize benefits of ‘one country, two systems’ model: Zheng Yanxiong
Grasp similarities and differences with mainland and capitalise on institutional advantages, head of Beijing’s (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Muslim nations reject Trump’s Gaza plan to remove Palestinians
Foreign ministers backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Singapore jails Australian man who stole cash from moneylender at knifepoint
Jose Manuel Pacheco, who was sentenced to 16 months’ jail, said he needed money desperately to repay his debts.
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
China influencer, 24, dies day after revealing not eating for 2 days, unable to pay rent
Tragic cosplay blogger tells army of fans she is ‘on the edge of death’ before passing away, family leave online (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
‘Two sessions’ 2025: who’s up and who’s down in China’s economy?
As China continues its economic transformation, some industries stand to gain tremendously – and others are being (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
Minitrue Plus Five: March 7, 2020 – TV Dramas, Taiwan Elections, Gratitude Education, Diamond Princess, Hotel Collapse
In late 2020, CDT acquired and verified a collection of propaganda directives issued by central Party authorities to (…)
[China Digital Times] - 8/03/2025
Myanmar election to be held by January, junta chief says
The vote would be ‘free and fair’ he said during a state visit to Belarus, inviting the eastern European country to (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025
‘Shameful’: Ukrainians in China react to Trump spat with Zelensky, want Beijing to do more
Ukrainians voice shock and sadness over the lack of respect shown to the leader of a nation at war, suggest ways (…)
[South China Morning Post] - 8/03/2025