China sends back 2 Boeing jets, Pakistan-India arms showdown: 7 highlights

1. China defies ASML prediction with EUV breakthrough in advanced chip production

Chinese researchers have cracked a barrier to the home-grown production of advanced chips by building an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source platform that operates at internationally competitive parameters, according to a research paper.

2. Walmart tells some Chinese suppliers to resume shipments amid trade war: sources

Some manufacturers in China’s Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces – export powerhouses that have been hit hard by the US-China trade war – have been told by Walmart and other major American retailers to resume shipments in recent days, the Post has learned.

3. India vs Pakistan: a Western-Chinese arms face-off in the making?

Pakistan’s arsenal of Chinese-made and jointly developed weapons could clash with India’s mix of French, Russian and domestically produced military hardware amid rising warnings of an “imminent” conflict between the South Asian rivals.