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Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Partnership, not pressure’, US soybean farmers urge Trump before Xi talks Increasingly desperate US farmers, including many who voted for US President Donald Trump, are urging him to adopt a conciliatory approach rather than a confrontational one if a lasting soy deal can be reached when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. 2. China sees Europe as indispensable force for stable multipolar world: envoy China would like to see France lead Europe to become a truly independent power to help build a stable multipolar world, Beijing’s top diplomat to France told the South China Morning Post in an exclusive interview. 3. Leading Chinese AI researcher Liu Haolin dies aged 37 after brief illness Academics and students have paid tribute to Liu Haolin, a leading computer scientist who died at the age of 37 after a sudden illness. 4. When mines run dry: why some Chinese cities are racing to reinvent themselves Once China’s answer to Pittsburgh, steel hub Panzhihua faces the same challenge as other old industrial cities: how to avoid “rust belt” decline. 5. Beijing slams UK’s ‘unilateral’ sanctions on 11 Chinese companies China has denounced the United Kingdom for sanctioning 11 Chinese companies over “alleged connections” with Russia despite Beijing’s diplomatic objections, warning the move could damage the UK-China relationship. 6. Why China may be banking on ‘institutional strength’ for next 5-year plan China’s “institutional strength” will help the country tackle “major tests” over the course of the next five-year plan, analysts and state media have said. 7. ‘RoboCop’? Chinese policeman beats paralysis with spinal interface implant Months after receiving the world’s first such surgery for quadriplegia, the traffic officer was able to stand and walk again with the aid of an exoskeleton robot.
