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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. China claims breakthrough that could clear chip-design hurdle

2. ‘Like losing a child’: the cost of China’s sudden international adoption ban

3. 61,000 residents seek Hong Kong document for 5-year mainland travel permit

4. K-pop’s global rise sparks debate over ‘factory-like’ system, future direction

5. What’s so special about Hong Kong-style milk tea? Where to begin?



China’s economic woes, Indonesia’s Prabowo takes the stage: 5 weekend reads you missed

China’s C919 jet, US presidential election: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

China’s Mars exploration battery, US ecologist on ‘kill list’: 7 science highlights

China’s chip breakthrough, origins of Hong Kong-style milk tea: 5 weekend reads you missed

SCMP Highlights

Members of K-pop girl group NewJeans pose on the blue carpet at the 2025 Spring/Summer Seoul Fashion Week in South Korea on September 3. Photo: AFP

Hot Hong Kong-style milk tea, at Hoko cafe, Brick Lane in east London. Photo: Hoko Cafe

A state-funded lab in China has announced a breakthrough in chip-design technology. Photo: Shutterstock

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

The permit allows for self-service clearance at border control checkpoints. Photo: Eugene Lee

Contestants making tea during a competition in Hong Kong in 2021 to make the best Hong Kong-style milk tea. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

‘Little emperors’ in China, Malaysia’s durian trademark: SCMP’s 7 highlights

A general view shows an electric vehicle production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China. Photo: AFP

Musang King durian. Photo: Shutterstock 

Chinese researchers say they have found a way to harness the energy from alpha rays released from decaying radioactive isotopes. Photo: Shutterstock

A worker harvests durian at a farm in Malaysia’s Pahang state. Traders have become more reliant on China’s appetite for the so-called king of fruits. Photo: AFP

There has been online condemnation of the practice of poor Indonesian women entering “quickie” marriages with rich overseas tourists to make ends meet. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Harris-Trump debate, alleged Chinese agent, tech innovation: 7 US-China relations reads

Linda Sun, former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, leaves Brooklyn Federal Court in New York on September 3. Sun has been accused of acting as a Chinese agent. Photo: AP

Photo: Getty Images

Photo: Xinhua

Photo: Brazilian Navy

Photo: TNS

Photo: AFP

Photo: AP

Photo: X/LindaSun84

Actress Shu Qi, Sanxingdui, Asia’s fascination with cults: 5 weekend reads you missed

Shu Qi at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards. Photo: SCMP

Shu in a still from Millennium Mambo (2001), which screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and brought her much deserved recognition.

Televisions in Japan show news of Shoko Asahara’s execution in 2018. His Aum Shinrikyo cult could have produced enough sarin gas to kill millions, investigators said. Photo: Kyodo

A platform adorned with 13 bronze figures is among the dazzling relics recovered from the Sanxingdui pits between 2020 and 2022. Photo: Sichuan Cultural Relics

Guests at one of the “secret dinners”. Photo: Daniel Suen

Excavation progresses on a Japanese Type 95 light tank that was knocked out by US Marines in 1944. Photo: Julian Ryall

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From China’s chip breakthrough to a producer slamming K-pop’s ‘factory-like’ system, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From China’s chip breakthrough to a producer slamming K-pop’s ‘factory-like’ system, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
