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1. The EU-China reset that by no means was: summits start however divisions stay
After a lot speak of patching issues up, a grand rapprochement has didn’t materialise, with Beijing seen to be enjoying a “ready sport”.
2. US Senate, passing Trump invoice, bars power tax credit for China-linked companies
The US Congress is poised to bar firms with ties to China from gaining clear power tax credit – a transfer that critics warn might jeopardise dozens of deliberate initiatives.
3. Round the clock reside fireplace, city survival drills: Taiwan to check conflict readiness

For the primary time, Taiwan’s largest annual army train will mix standard conflict video games and concrete survival drills beneath “unprecedented” live-fire circumstances.