{"id":870599,"date":"2025-09-05T00:13:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/no-ukraine-deal-for-trump-putin-chinese-investors-in-athens-5-weekend-reads\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:13:24","slug":"no-ukraine-deal-for-trump-putin-chinese-investors-in-athens-5-weekend-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/no-ukraine-deal-for-trump-putin-chinese-investors-in-athens-5-weekend-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"No Ukraine deal for Trump, Putin; Chinese investors in Athens: 5 weekend reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-qa=\"GenericArticle-Content\">\n<p><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\">We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.scmp.com\/?module=inline&#038;pgtype=article&#038;campaign=rosetta_free_article\" title data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\">subscribing<\/em><\/span><\/a><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">1. <a target href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/us\/diplomacy\/article\/3322066\/ukraine-war-trump-and-putin-prepare-meet-anchorage-alaska-us-russia-talks?module=inline&#038;pgtype=article\" title data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\">Trump, Putin leave Ukraine war summit with no deal \u2013 as it happened<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<figure data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/08\/18\/db513e4a-0bc1-4e69-9478-4a2ed4948ba8_61f1d525.jpg\" title=\"US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Photo: Reuters\"><\/p><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\">US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hold a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Photo: Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">2. <a target href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3322072\/chinese-researchers-lodge-concerns-over-us-debt-beijing-limits-exposure?module=inline&#038;pgtype=article\" title data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\">Chinese researchers lodge concerns over US debt as Beijing limits exposure<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<figure data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Concerns are mounting over rising debt in the United States, and China is gradually trimming its holdings of Treasuries to hedge against a decline in US dollar asset value. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/08\/18\/0a798bfe-7f66-4e7e-967c-b833e9de5c5b_eee40472.jpg\" title=\"Concerns are mounting over rising debt in the United States, and China is gradually trimming its holdings of Treasuries to hedge against a decline in US dollar asset value. Photo: AFP\"><\/p><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\">Concerns are mounting over rising debt in the United States, and China is gradually trimming its holdings of Treasuries to hedge against a decline in US dollar asset value. Photo: AFP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3 type=\"h3\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">3. <a target href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3321996\/how-chinese-investors-quietly-transformed-athens-one-visa-time?module=inline&#038;pgtype=article\" title data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\">How Chinese investors quietly transformed Athens \u2013 one visa at a time<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<figure data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Residential buildings in Athens, Greece. Photo: Getty Images\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2025\/08\/18\/e8efb0ec-3955-4651-bca5-01e7fafc8b07_3366798b.jpg\" title=\"Residential buildings in Athens, Greece. Photo: Getty Images\"><\/p><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\">Residential buildings in Athens, Greece. Photo: Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> Becki Schewe<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/article\/3322173\/no-ukraine-deal-trump-putin-chinese-investors-athens-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing . 1. Trump, Putin leave Ukraine war summit with no deal \u2013 as it happened US President Donald Trump and Russian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":870600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2454],"tags":[5052,11193],"class_list":{"0":"post-870599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trump","8":"category-ukraine","9":"tag-trump","10":"tag-ukraine"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/870600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}