5 d. ago Sinking Shanghai, iPhone Air sells out in China: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Double whammy: Shanghai is sinking while sea level rises fast Shanghai is sinking while the sea level along China’s coastline is rising fast – its fastest in 4,000 years – possibly threatening China’s financial hub and the global supply chain, scientists warn in a new study. 2. Ships divert, directors resign as US-China port fees rock shipping...

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5 d. ago Double whammy: Shanghai is sinking while sea level rises fast

Shanghai is sinking while the sea level along China’s coastline is rising fast – its fastest in 4,000 years, possibly threatening China’s financial hub and the global supply chain, scientists warn in a new study. China faces a double threat from rising seas, as many of its largest and most economically important cities are concentrated in delta regions, which are flat lands close to water. They were ideal for urban development but extremely vulnerable to flooding, the team said. Shanghai,...

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5 d. ago China’s double threat: Shanghai sinks as sea level rises fastest in 4,000 years

Shanghai is sinking while the world’s sea levels are rising fast – the fastest in 4,000 years – possibly threatening the Chinese financial hub and the global supply chain, scientists warn in a new study. China faces a double threat from rising seas, according to the multinational team, as many of its largest and most economically important cities are concentrated in delta regions – flat lands close to water that were ideal for urban development but remain extremely vulnerable to...

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6 d. ago Minnesota farmers face crisis as China boycotts U.S. soybeans — will South America fill the gap?

Minnesota farmers face crisis as China boycotts U.S. soybeans — will South America fill the gap?  Yahoo Finance

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6 d. ago Rising seas and sinking cities signal a coastal crisis in China

Rising seas and sinking cities signal a coastal crisis in China  Phys.org

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7 d. ago IMF says China must shift growth to domestic demand, resolve property crisis

IMF says China must shift growth to domestic demand, resolve property crisis  Reuters

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8 d. ago 'Scandalous': top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare

'Scandalous': top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare-earths crisis as China tightens its grip  Fortune

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8 d. ago ‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip

‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip  Fortune

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1 week ago China’s demographic crisis means it’s going to run out of workers

China’s demographic crisis means it’s going to run out of workers  The Washington Post

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1 week ago American soybean farmers face financial crisis as China trade dispute threatens livelihoods

American soybean farmers face financial crisis as China trade dispute threatens livelihoods  Fox Business

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1 week ago Missouri farmers face crisis as China halts soybean purchases

Missouri farmers face crisis as China halts soybean purchases  KY3

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2 w. ago Soybean farmers face crisis as China halts US crop purchases

Soybean farmers face crisis as China halts US crop purchases  Queen City News

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2 w. ago North Carolina soybean farmers face financial crisis amid trade war and China boycott

North Carolina soybean farmers face financial crisis amid trade war and China boycott  WRAL.com

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2 w. ago Mercedes Car Sales in China Slide 27% as Demand Crisis Deepens

Mercedes Car Sales in China Slide 27% as Demand Crisis Deepens  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago Why China could trigger a Taiwan crisis without firing a shot

Why China could trigger a Taiwan crisis without firing a shot  Top1000funds.com

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2 w. ago Can China, Israel work around Gaza rift with trade, tech links?

Two years ago, the war in Gaza triggered a chill in diplomatic ties between China and Israel, once described by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “a marriage made in heaven”. But Beijing and Tel Aviv appear now to have restored some balance in the relationship, driven by a shared interest in maintaining trade and technological links. However, observers warn that the fallout from the Gaza crisis, combined with a growing rivalry between China and the US – Israel’s closest ally – could...

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2 w. ago China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression And The Risk Of Crisis – Analysis

China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression And The Risk Of Crisis – Analysis  Eurasia Review

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2 w. ago China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression and the Risk of Crisis

China’s Closing Window: Strategic Compression and the Risk of Crisis  Foreign Policy Research Institute

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2 w. ago Soybean farmers face crisis as China halts purchases amid trade war

Soybean farmers face crisis as China halts purchases amid trade war  WISN

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3 w. ago Alibaba’s Amap teams up with official safety agency to detect road emergencies

Amap, the online mapping service owned by Alibaba Group Holding, has joined hands with China’s official crisis management agency to launch an AI-powered technology designed to detect and prevent emergencies on the road, as the country expects 1.87 billion people to travel by car during one of its busiest holidays. The “Eagle Eye Guardian” alert system, which was launched on Sunday by the Alibaba unit and China’s Academy of Safety Science and Technology, an agency overseen by the Ministry of...

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