China to mass-produce AG600, PLA slams US Golden Dome: SCMP daily highlights

SCMP | June 12, 2025, 9:15 a.m. | Original

The AG600 entered batch production and final assembly in July 2024. It will now go into mass production. Photo: Xinhua

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After two days of closely watched trade talks between the United States and China in London, US President Donald Trump has declared the negotiations have led to a wide-ranging deal to maintain the fragile truce laid out after earlier talks in Geneva.

2. China approves world’s biggest amphibious plane, AG600, for mass production

China’s home-grown AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, has been given the green light for mass production, marking a step forward in building an independent and globally competitive aviation industry.

3. China’s orchard of AI, chip grads now ripe for the pickin’ as tech trade sours

Illustration: Henry Wong
Illustration: Henry Wong

Many who entered university during Trump’s first trade war with China are ready to become key cogs in China’s hi-tech engine.

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