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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. ‘Don’t kill your successful DNA’: Hong Kong’s John Lee on tariffs, trade war

2. ‘It’s too much’: Chinese students reconsider UK degrees as policies harden

3. Loitering with intent: Beijing’s new silent South China Sea strategy?

4. Japan grows restless for next-gen fighter jets as progress with UK, Italy stalls

5. A star is born as Hong Kong pianist wins Van Cliburn competition



China’s Starlink rivalry, US-India tensions casting doubt over Quad: SCMP daily highlights

BYD’s commanding lead in Sri Lanka, Tesla’s comeback bid in China: 7 EV reads

US-China battle over rare earths, Beijing’s beef industry boost: SCMP daily highlights

Singaporean F1 tycoon admits guilt, Indonesians misbehaving in Japan: 7 Asia highlights

SCMP Highlights

John Lee exclusive interview, Chinese rethink UK degrees: 5 weekend reads you missed

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee during an exclusive interview with the Post. Photo: Dickson Lee

City leader John Lee has said his government has already made “contingency plans for the worst”, but stopped short of revealing what they are. Photo: Dickson Lee

British universities are heavily dependent on the tuition fees paid by Chinese international students, but rising costs and tightening visa policies in the United Kingdom could put that at risk. Photo: Shutterstock

A Chinese vessel is seen through binoculars from a Philippine-occupied island in the South China Sea on Wednesday. Photo: AP

Programme’s fighter jet is displayed during a defence security meeting in Japan on May 21. Photo: Reuters

Aristo Sham, 29, of Hong Kong, performs with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra under conductor Marin Alsop in the finals of the 17th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Sham was named winner of its top prize on June 6, 2025. Photo: Ralph Lauer

China and US exchange verbal shots; Hong Kong’s Indian food: 5 weekend reads you missed

Yurong “Luanna” Jiang delivers her speech at Harvard University on May 29. Photo: AP

Yurong “Luanna” Jiang, center, who delivered a speech at her Harvard University commencement, jokes with her college friends Helen Ji (left) and Cynthia Luo on May 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo: AP

A prototype of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) stealth fighter jet is seen at Aero India 2025 in Bengaluru earlier this year. Photo: Reuters

Convicted Bali bomber Umar Patek outside his coffee venture in Indonesia. Photo: Aisyah Llewellyn

Major General Hu Gangfeng at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue summit, in Singapore on May 31. Photo: AFP

Bone marrow biryani at Leela in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, where chef Manav Tuli – previously of Michelin-starred Chaat – is taking Hongkongers’ tastes into his interpretation of Indian cuisine. Photo: Leela

World’s fastest coilgun, Korean-Chinese food, cancer drug trials: 5 weekend reads

China has unveiled a powerful new electromagnetic gun believed to be powered by lithium batteries. This version (pictured) is a non-lethal weapon that fires coin-shaped bullets with electromagnetic force and would be used for riot control.  Photo: CCTV

The technology was originally unveiled in 2023 and developed as a non-lethal weapon to be used in riot control. Photo: CCTV

An Indian soldier keeps watch near the Line of Control separating Pakistan and India on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

The Chinese island of Hainan attracts tourists from across the globe but here a medical revolution is unfolding, whereby patients can access medicines and therapies as part of clinical trials before they have even hit the market. Photo: Xinhua News Agency 

Chinese travellers are increasingly choosing high-speed trains over planes when commuting between Beijing and Shanghai, as travel times on high-speed rail continue to fall. Photo: Dickson Lee

The classic Korean-Chinese dish of black bean paste noodles (jajangmyeon) is a descendant of the Chinese dish zhajiangmian. Photo: Shutterstock

Foreign degrees lose lustre in China, Japan’s phone addiction: 5 weekend reads you missed

People linger around a Pop Mart store, a Chinese pop culture brand, near Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese graduates of Columbia University attend the commencement ceremony in New York City, United States. Photo: Xinhua

Illustration: Davies C. Surya

Shoppers walk past the window of a Pop Mart store near the Louvre Museum in Paris. The Chinese toy giant has attracted a devoted fan base in Europe with its Labubu and Crybaby collectible dolls. Photo: Xiaofei Xu

A woman looks at her phone with Tokyo Tower in the background. Photo: AFP

Chemistry professor Fan Daidi, 59, has created a Hong Kong-listed giant. Photo: Handout

Coldplay performs at Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong on April 9. Photo: Harvey Kong

US-China trade talks, ceasefire in Kashmir, ‘flourishing’ Indonesia: 5 weekend reads

A press briefing is held by the Chinese side following the US-China high-level meeting on economic and trade affairs in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Members of the Chinese delegation leave a residence where trade talks between the US and China are taking place, in Geneva on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

The Pakistan Air Force has 20 Chinese-made J-10C fighter jets in service. Photo: AFP

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

A soldier feeds pigeons at a market in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Sunday. Photo: AP

Indonesia has been ranked as the world’s “most-flourishing” country. Photo: Getty Images

Chinese ambassador on US dialogue, Singapore’s PAP scores big: 5 weekend reads you missed

People’s Action Party winning candidate Gan Siow Huang arrives at a venue as the May 3 election results unfold. Photo: EPA-EFE

China’s US ambassador Xie Feng said on Saturday that tariffs benefit no one. Photo: X/ @AmbXieFeng

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong of the People’s Action Party (PAP) celebrates the party’s general election results on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Mahathir Mohamad in his office at the Perdana Leadership Foundation in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Monday. Photo: Hadi Azmi

BYD EVs are displayed at the Periklindo Electric Vehicle Show 2025 in Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

Many people “forgot” how to experience joy during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Dr MaryCatherine McDonald. She gives tips on how to reawaken the feeling within you. Photo: Shutterstock

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From where Hong Kong stands amid the US-China trade war to a rising piano star, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From where Hong Kong stands amid the US-China trade war to a rising piano star, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
