The Best Reads of the Week From Caixin

China has announced that it will send a delegation to the U.S. later this month for trade negotiations, after the two countries started imposing tit-for-tat tariffs on goods from each other and Washington tightened controls on investment.

Leading online game operator Tencent Holdings Ltd. has abruptly pulled a popular Japanese-developed title from its platform just days after its release, as the industry struggles under a nearly half-year freeze on approval of all new games.

A military-affiliated company in China’s western Xinjiang region initially failed to repay a 500 million yuan ($73 million) bond, marking the first default of a bond issued by a government-linked investment vehicle.

Li Shuxian, 85, has been imprisoned in November 2016 for “picking a quarrel and making trouble” — a government euphemism for protesting or petitioning. And yet despite recurring health issues and advanced age, she has been repeatedly denied parole, triggering a public outcry, with many condemning the prison authority for being coldhearted.

A Chinese startup is taking flack over its claim that it has created China’s first homegrown web browser, even though a Caixin analysis confirmed online allegations that the software’s code relies on files from Google’s Chrome browser.

These are the five stories that I don’t want you to miss from last week. Please share your comments on the In Focus section and on our other coverage at news@caixin.com.

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Kind regards,

Doug Young

Managing Editor

Update: China, U.S. to Give Trade Talks Another Shot

Analysts say new round of negotiations won’t immediately bear fruit