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US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser and a top aide versed in China policy will leave the administration, American media reported on Thursday. Advertisement If confirmed, the departure of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz along with his deputy, Alex Wong, would be the first major shake-up in the White House since the president started his second term some 100 days ago. It follows a scandal that broke late last month after the editor of The Atlantic magazine was mistakenly added to a chat on the secure platform Signal by…

We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump’s immigration crackdown chills speech of foreign students, scholars in US Illustration: Henry Wong Subject to deportation if they commit crimes, violate their visa terms or are deemed to be a threat to public safety, international students and scholars in the US have always stood on more precarious ground than their American counterparts. But in less…

Award-winning materials scientist Li Yongxi has left the United States for a position at China’s Nanjing University (NJU). Advertisement According to an April 28 post on NJU’s social media account, Li joined the university’s Institute of Functional Materials and Intelligent Manufacturing as an associate professor at its Suzhou campus. Although his personal page at NJU does not specify when he returned to China, Li is likely to have joined the university in the past few months. He was still in Michingan in January, when his study on organic solar cells…

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. China waits to see which Trump adviser will come out on top on tariffs: sources China will hold off on entering serious trade talks with the US while it waits to see which of Donald Trump’s advisers will have his ear and how other countries will respond to the 90-day pause on tariffs, according to sources. 2. China’s C919 stuck on tarmac in Europe…

Soldiers from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday made their first ever appearance at Vietnam’s annual celebration of the fall of Saigon, marching in its biggest ever parade to mark 50 years since the end of Vietnam’s civil war. Advertisement Vietnam’s defence ministry invited a PLA honour guard to join the military parade in Ho Chi Minh City, a display that marked the end of the civil war 50 years ago, which saw the ruling party defeat the regime that controlled southern Vietnam. The celebration came as both sides…

Retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Charles Lieber, who was convicted in 2021 for not disclosing his connections to a Chinese talent programme, has joined Tsinghua University as a chair professor. Advertisement Lieber, 66, a pioneer in the integration of nanotechnology for use in biology and medicine, will be researching at the Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, launched by the top Chinese university in 2019. Lieber said his goal in the next few years was to “work with everyone to build a global science and technology hub and realise more…