Sixth-gen fighter's capabilities, China's film industry on notice: SCMP daily highlights
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In a future conflict over Taiwan, Beijing's sixth-generation fighter could block the airspace to foreign bases in Guam for up to two hours from 1,000km away, according to a mainland Chinese military magazine.
The offshore yuan strengthened and broke past the 7.2 level against the US dollar for the first time since November, signalling an optimistic shift in market sentiment as hopes of a trade war thaw and fresh demand grows for Chinese assets.
Cosplaying audience members at a screening in New York of Ne Zha 2, the Chinese export that has emerged as the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Photo: AP
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was ordering a new front in his tariff war – extending his 'America first' blitz to foreign-made films and claiming that Hollywood was being 'devastated' by the number of filmmakers and studios working overseas.
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