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Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner Elizabeth Yau at her clinic in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong

TCM for a new generation, Dragon Boat Festival picks: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From ancient Chinese healing in the social media age to sticky rice recommendations, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Science

Nvidia, Apple HQs caught on camera; Nasa’s Artemis flaws: 7 science highlights

Indonesia

Korean’s racist World Cup experience, India’s military revamp: 7 Asia highlights

Singapore

Miss Hong Kong stirs Cantonese debate, Singlish finds its voice: 5 weekend reads

From Miss Hong Kong hopeful sparking debate to China spotting flaws in Nasa’s plan, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Contestants for the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2026. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong

Xi on North Korean military ties; US blacklists Chinese tech firms: 7 highlights

From Thailand’s suffering shrimp industry to China’s space firms anticipating SpaceX IPO, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Britain

Tokyo Sézanne’s missing stars; beating arthritis at 68: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From a little-known haven on Hokkaido island to how optimism make you live longer, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD launches ‘God’s Eye’; CATL’s bid to boost battery dominance: 7 EV reads

From Tesla sales surging in China to BYD and Chery charting their overseas growth, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

Shaping up: Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots. Photo: Kyodo
India

India’s rise in critical minerals; ‘involution’ and Malaysia: 7 Asia highlights

From RedNote’s advice on ‘involution’ to a refugee’s journey to Malaysia, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Malaysia

Chinese cash reshapes African port, students rethink Hong Kong: 5 weekend reads

From a historic slave port turning into a tourist site to Chinese drink chains in the US, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

Singapore

Trump urged Xi to resolve Ukraine war; China’s tech sanctions list: 7 highlights

From Hong Kong’s baby Danny DNA case to North Korea’s Kim meeting winning football team, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Beijing on May 15. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong

‘Dying’ Chinese takeaway; ex-smoker’s fitness journey: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From a ‘dying’ Edinburgh Chinese restaurant to an ex-smoker joining an ultra-marathon, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Lisa He with her mother Sophie at their family restaurant, China Star. The Edinburgh takeaway is months away from closure, but He’s viral social media post has brought lots of attention, and hope. Photo: courtesy of Lisa He
Science

Chip prodigy returns to China, hybrid crop grown in desert: 7 science highlights

From the world’s first parallel processor to doubts over Elon Musk’s Starship, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Singapore

Japan’s Russia concern, firms pick Malaysia over Singapore: 7 Asia highlights

From Japan’s concerns about Russian military activity to moon bears freed in Laos, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Singapore

Firms flee Singapore’s rising costs, teacher probed over photos: 5 weekend reads

From Pete Hegseth’s Shangri-La speech to a Chinese woman’s botched eyelid surgery, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

The photo circulating online showing a teacher carrying a female student in his arms. Photo: Threads
Mainland China

China doubts Musk’s Starship future; ex-TSMC chip prodigy returns: 7 highlights

From Taiwan actress facing backlash to Hong Kong principal resigning over school trip row, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

The Starship and Super Heavy Booster create sound waves on lift-off for the 12th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Texas on Friday, May 22. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong

Hong Kong elite’s beloved restaurant, Cannes 2026’s best: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From a restaurant beloved by Hong Kong’s rich and famous to GLP-1s other benefits, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng builds driverless cabs; Tesla launches FSD in China: 7 EV reads

From the oil shock fuelling BEV sales to Chery’s plans to sell 1 million cars abroad, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

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Thailand

Singapore’s tense drone trials, Thailand targets bad tourists: 7 Asia highlights

From Singapore’s weaponised drone trials to Thailand targeting bad tourists, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Chinese tourists at the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Visitors from China are the biggest contributor to Thailand’s tourism sector. Photo: AFP
Mainland China

Chinese coal mine accident, Cathay Pacific flight turbulence: 5 weekend reads

From a coal mine accident that killed 82 people to turbulence on a Cathay Pacific flight, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Selfies and symbolism: behind the scenes from Xi’s summit with Trump, Putin

From the Beijing Great Hall’s fancy ceiling to Elon Musk’s son’s bag, little details stole the spotlight in Xi’s summit with Trump and Putin.

Hong Kong

Xi hosts Putin over tea; rare earth find in northeast China: 7 highlights

From the Iran conflict rattling Chinese investors to Li Ka-shing’s charitable support, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

A rare earth mine at Bayan Obo, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region of China, seen in 2011. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Hong Kong

Snaps of 1970s Hong Kong, what to eat in China’s Chengdu: 7 Lifestyle highlights

From the best food in China’s Chengdu to the difference between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ stress, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Wild mushroom tofu with guokui, or crispy flatbread, at Mi Xun Teahouse. Photo: Mi Xun Teahouse
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi’s back-to-back meetings with Trump and Putin: everything you need to know

China’s leader hosted Trump and Putin on separate occasions over the past week, here’s everything you need to know.

Science

Omega-3 could hurt the brain, China’s new war on deserts: 7 science highlights

From China’s new war on deserts to Singapore-based physicist’s big move, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

China-Russia relations

Xi-Putin meeting: everything you need to know from the Beijing talks

From Putin’s ‘second home’ to his reunion with a Chinese engineer, here’s all you need to know from the Beijing meeting.

Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin wave to a group of children at a welcome ceremony for the Russian leader in Beijing on May 20. Photo: Pool via AFP
Singapore

Singaporeans’ work ethic, South Korea’s AI ‘goddess’: 7 Asia highlights

From Southeast Asia’s climate hazards to South Korea’s AI ‘baseball goddess’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

A screenshot of the “baseball goddess” from an AI-generated video. Photo: X/kangminlee
Hong Kong

Trump’s China trip assessed, South Korea’s AI problem: 5 weekend reads

From how Trump’s trip to Beijing measured up to South Korea’s deepfake epidemic, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi-Trump summit: all you need to know from the final day of Beijing meeting

From ‘fantastic’ trade deals to the Chinese tech leader sitting next to Elon Musk, here’s all you need to know from the second day of Xi and Trump’s meeting in Beijing.

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