Beijing-Tokyo row, Chinese student numbers in US fall: SCMP daily highlights

A leaders’ meeting at the upcoming G20 summit in South Africa has been ruled out as a senior Japanese diplomat flies to China in bid to calm tensions. Photo: Shutterstock

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China continued a diplomatic chill with Japan over the weekend by ruling out a leaders’ meeting at the coming G20 summit in South Africa amid heightened tensions.

2. Chinese student numbers in US fall as gap with Indian scholars widens: report

Chinese student numbers in the United States have continued to decline over the past year, but they remain the second-largest student group after Indians and the biggest contributors to the US economy, according to new data released on Monday.

3. How China’s HQ-29 mid-course missile interceptor stacks up against its US rivals

Military vehicles transport the PLA’s new HQ-29 anti-aircraft missiles during China’s Victory Day parade, in Beijing on September 3. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
Military vehicles transport the PLA’s new HQ-29 anti-aircraft missiles during China’s Victory Day parade, in Beijing on September 3. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images

After 15 years of testing, China unveiled the HQ-29 at its Victory Day parade in September, showcasing the land-based air-defence missile system that is capable of intercepting targets in the near region of space outside the Earth’s atmosphere.

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