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The opening of the Sela Tunnel in the disputed Himalayan border region between China and India has sparked a strong response from Beijing. Photo: X/gemsofbabus_

China-India tunnel dispute, Hong Kong Article 23 bill unpacked, near-death experiences: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

  • From China lodging a diplomatic protest with India to a scientist studying near-death experiences, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.

1. China protests against India tunnel opening, warns it will complicate border issue

Beijing has lodged a diplomatic protest with New Delhi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially opened a tunnel built in territories along the two countries’ disputed Himalayan border, weeks ahead of general elections in the South Asian state.

2. What are some of the key legal flashpoints under Hong Kong’s Article 23 law?

Lawmakers review the Safeguarding National Security Bill. Photo: Dickson Lee

With lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approving the government’s changes to the bill and days away from writing it into the statute books, the Post takes a look at potential scenarios that have sparked public concern.

3. Near-death experiences may prove the soul and afterlife exist, a doctor says

Many people who have had a near-death experience recall travelling through a tunnel towards a bright light. One doctor who studies people’s accounts of them says they may suggest the existence of a life after death. Photo: Shutterstock

Is there a soul? How about an afterlife? A doctor, who has found no scientific explanation for the thousands of near-death experiences he has studied, discusses what he considers their implications to be.

4. Hong Kong’s minibuses are struggling. Will they soon be replaced?

Illustration: Brian Wang

Expanding rail and franchised bus networks, new roads and bridges, and changes in tolls have caused a big shift in how Hongkongers navigate the city.

5. ‘A whole new ball game’: China’s central bank looks to learn from US blunders

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

After changes to its leadership and structure, and with draft laws altering its scope, China’s central bank looks to be taking on a different role from years past – one which seems notably distinct from Western norms.

6. More Japanese men resist buying White Day gifts: ‘it doesn’t mean anything’

A Japanese couple walks in the Gion area of Kyoto. More Japanese men say they are “fed up” with “manufactured” occasions such as White Day. Photo: EPA-EFE

Some Japanese men say White Day is just a marketing campaign and prefer to save the money for other things, while others find it an old-fashioned concept.

7. Ex-China nursery school teacher, now a celebrity, slams sex for money online slur

A former preschool teacher who became famous last year when she appeared in a video singing to children, has claimed she has become the target of an online pornography slur.

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