1. For China’s military, Belgrade embassy bombing was a ‘wake-up’ call to modernise
From the moment five 2,000-pound guided bombs from an American B-2 stealth bomber hit its embassy in Belgrade, China’s security perceptions and defence policies changed forever.
2. Why China would be ‘suicidal’ to take on US, Japan navies with the Fujian
The Philippines should be alert to the “potent challenge” posed by China’s latest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, as security analysts warn that Beijing’s flexing of its naval muscles is a “message to all parties” that it is prepared for air and sea warfare in the region’s contentious waters.
3. Hong Kong’s MTR Corp to pause services at 4 stations for upgrade on July 28
4. China ‘could build world’s biggest collider’ – but is it worth US$5 billion?
One of Israel’s top physicists has entered the debate over whether China should build the world’s largest collider, saying he believes the country is now capable of the feat.
“Chinese scientists can build this machine,” Eliezer Rabinovici, an emeritus professor of physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who is also the president of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN), said.
5. ‘Ingratiating’: Beijing slams Taiwan’s president-elect Lai over Japan remarks
Taiwanese president-elect William Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that he hoped to strengthen cooperation between Taiwan and Japan during his term in office, create economic prosperity for both sides, and “jointly maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region”.
6. What is friendship marriage? Japan’s latest way to couple up excludes love or sex
Increasing numbers of young people in Japan are adopting a new type of marital relationship that requires neither love nor sex, in a trend called “friendship marriage”.
7. China’s first publicly recognised transgender woman Jin Xing remarries ex-husband
China’s first publicly recognised transgender dancer has remarried the love of her life whom she was forced to divorce 18 years ago.
