China's manufacturing mostly resilient, BeiDou's market success: SCMP daily highlights
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China's economy mostly remained resilient in April, despite feeling the effects of the astronomical tariffs in place before last week.
China has said it was accelerating work on a 'flagship' dam in Pakistan in the wake of India's recent threats to cut off water supplies.
A Long March-3B rocket carrying a cluster of BeiDou satellites blasts off from a launch site in southwest China last year. Photo: Xinhua
The Chinese navigation system has ascended to a dominant position in its home market, driving nearly US$80 billion of economic output last year.
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