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<p>White House official says India 'basically tied with China' in purchasing Russian oil</p>

Hong Kong authorities have strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security

<div><img src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/og_image_scmp_generic/public/d8/images/canvas/2025/08/04/4f3f3c08-05cb-45bf-9b17-c444368f1cae_03188dc3.jpg?itok=Ym0goTqU&amp;v=1754281059" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Beijing’s special envoy Xue Bing told a regional conference that ‘all parties should engage in dialogue’ to achieve common prosperity.</div></div>

Lecturers are also being harassed, the report finds, as ministers say threats will not be tolerated.

<div><img src="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https:/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/fc18eae5-8dda-4b2b-89d4-6b92de437b96.jpg?source=next-barrier-page" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Intersport is eyeing spare Chinese manufacturing capacity as Nike and Adidas back away from the country amid trade war</div></div>

<div><img src="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https:/d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net/production/1a7f787b-d6f7-44d9-8410-0b49c19e38b5.jpg?source=next-barrier-page" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Narrow difference between duties on China and alternative hubs make costs of relocating less appealing, producers say</div></div>

<div><img src="https://img2.chinadaily.com.cn/images/202508/04/689007a7a310c0209c382d64.png" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Legislators across African countries are calling for diversification of exports and increasing intra-African trade to cushion the impact of US-imposed tariff hikes.</div></div>

<div><img src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/og_image_scmp_generic/public/d8/images/canvas/2025/08/14/a930fe7a-8b26-4e77-b14b-13aae1649066_c8cebeaa.jpg?itok=ZOh58sfu&amp;v=1755127686" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Education Bureau says afternoon school classes could continue if rainstorm signal is lowered to amber on or before 10.30am.</div></div>

<div><img src="https://www.marketdataforecast.com/images/download.png" style="width: 100%;" /><div>The Asia Pacific Side Channel Pumps Market will reach USD 371.44 Mn by 2033. China was the largest contributor in the Asia Pacific market with 38.2% in 2024</div></div>

<div><img src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/euronews_us_articles_576/84f779207cfb61169b32bca3e118a39e" style="width: 100%;" /><div>The US and China are home to over half of global personal wealth (54%), while Europe holds only 22%, with its five largest economies dominating the list.View on euronews</div></div>

<div><img src="https://ik.imgkit.net/3vlqs5axxjf/PCWW/uploadedImages/Articles/News/2025/August/phocuswright-europe-wit-panel.jpg?tr=w-1200,fo-auto" style="width: 100%;" /><div>During an executive panel at Phocuswright Europe in Barcelona, panelists also touched on products they’re working on, B2B travel tech trends and fraud in Africa.</div></div>

<div><img src="https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/6348a83b244ef400e72f0ac5dda593a8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&amp;cropH=1688&amp;cropW=3000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=281&amp;width=862&amp;height=485&amp;imformat=generic" style="width: 100%;" /><div>A Chinese national has faced a Canberra court today after being arrested on Saturday and charged with foreign interference.</div></div>

Once a cog in the Malaysian economy, the solar industry profited from Chinese investment. Now it’s becoming a case study of what happens when the United States closes its markets.

India and the Philippines are staging joint naval sail and exercises in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, a high-profile military deployment that will likely antagonize China

<div><img src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/og_image_scmp_generic/public/d8/images/canvas/2025/08/03/c4881e66-2811-46dd-8f50-08f94736844b_07c1584a.jpg?itok=5Q7W-XDC&amp;v=1754191250" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Engineers propose a solution that could dramatically boost UAVs’ prospects of evading advanced air defences.</div></div>

It will be the biggest embassy in Europe, if approved. But its opponents fear it brings with it certain risks and dangers

<div><img src="https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/og_image_scmp_generic/public/d8/images/canvas/2025/08/03/63fe8d4f-0f72-4547-b103-ba35e95936ee_5be21301.jpg?itok=z38ZrhSt&amp;v=1754194821" style="width: 100%;" /><div><div><div style="width: 100%; height: 0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"></div></div></div></div>

China&#039;s spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and dwindled Western corporate profits.