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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. Chinese scientists bring record-breaking Stirling generator to life

2. Is Hong Kong’s investment scheme for super-rich better than Singapore’s?

3. From favourite to ‘forgotten’: Philippines’ sea dispute sees China pull funds

4. How intermittent fasting, loved by the stars, may lower type 2 diabetes risk

5. Vietnam’s youth opt for ‘lying flat’ amid crushing stress of economic boom



China, Russia warplanes over Sea of Japan, scientists leaving West: SCMP daily catch-up

China boosts fighter jet afterburner, tycoon offloads luxury flats: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Top Chinese PLA general probed, Shanghai edges New York: SCMP daily catch-up

AI Musk as Ming official, China singer Zhang Mi’s cancer battle: 5 trending stories

SCMP Highlights

China’s record-breaking Stirling generator, intermittent fasting, Vietnam’s youth: 5 weekend reads you may have missed

A prototype for a new, extremely quiet, thermoacoustic Stirling generator could be used in submarines where silence is critical. Photo: PLA

The prototype of the Stirling generator has had promising results. Photo: PLA

Tourists at The Peak, Hong Kong. Photo: Sam Tsang

A train bisects a busy street in the Philippines. Photo: Shutterstock

A whole-food, plant-based diet is recommended for managing type 2 diabetes. Photo: Shutterstock

Groups of young Vietnamese people enjoy dinner at an open-air restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese drone that ‘group chats’, Hong Kong’s ‘blinding’ NFT party, Pizza Hut puts snakes on a plate: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

A DJ at his brightly lit console at Yuga Labs’ first international ApeFest, which has led to complaints of eye problems among party-goers. Photo: Matt Haldane

Communication strategies for drone swarms are typically designed to simulate bee and ant colonies, but the Chinese team has designed swarms with the ability to talk and collaborate like humans. Photo: Li Xuelong

Protesters shout slogans and wave Palestinian flags during a rally in Jakarta on Sunday. Photo: AP

Having spent nearly three years in custody, Jimmy Lai will stand trial at the High Court on December 18. Photo: AP

Pizza Hut’s snake soup pizza, created in collaboration with heritage restaurant Ser Wong Fun, features the flavours and ingredients of snake soup on a pie. Photo: Charmaine Mok

How to live a meaningful life: 4 expert tips, from purpose to mattering, and how finding meaning in life can enhance mental resilience

A greater sense of meaning in life is seen to enhance mental resilience and lessen symptoms of depression, anxiety and despair. But how do you find it? Photo: Shutterstock

Starting a family can give people something of significance that they want to preserve, promote and protect, adding meaning to life. Photo: Shutterstock

John Vervaeke’s work and research includes topics such as human intelligence, rationality, wisdom and AI. Photo: University of Toronto

How much of a difference do you make every day to helping what you want to exist in the world do so? Photo: Shutterstock 

Macau Grand Prix: how it began 70 years ago, its champions like Ayrton Senna, and how it changed city’s ‘criminal’ image

SCMP DOES NOT OWN THE COPYRIGHTS TO THIS IMAGE.  PLEASE CLEAR THE COPYRIGHTS BEFORE PUBLICATION.   Mika Hakkinen and Michael Schumacher at the 1990 Macau Grand Prix. (from Stephanie de Kantzow, PR Plus for Anna Fenton) Credit: PR Plus

Australian driver Malcolm Ramsey borrowed goggles from a motorcyclist for the 1970 Macau Grand Prix, and they caused an appalling crash. 26NOV70

Australian driver Malcolm Ramsey crashes after he borrowed goggles from a motorcyclist for the 1970 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: SCMP

Finnish driver Mika Hakkinen (left) and Germany’s Michael Schumacher at the 1990 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: PR Plus

Drivers and cars at the inaugural Macau Grand Prix, in 1954.

British driver Lewis Hamilton speaks at a press conference in Macau in 2004. Photo: SCMP

Eduardo de Carvalho, the winner of the first Macau Grand Prix, with his Triumph TR2, in 1954. Photo: Macau Grand Prix Committee

Macau Grand Prix rider Chan Chong-yuen crashes at the Lisboa Bend during a qualifying session in 1998. Photo: Martin Chan

Promotion girls pose for photo opportunities at the paddock during the 2012 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: Nora Tam

An advert for the movie “Macao” (1952). Photo: Getty Images

André Couto celebrates winning the Macau Grand Prix in 2000. Photo: Oliver Tsang

Ayrton Senna (centre) celebrates winning the Macau Grand Prix in 1983. Photo: SCMP

Andy Chang (right, in red car) competes with Hong Kong driver Gerrard Xie Wing-lam (front) during the 2022 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: AFP

The Macau Grand Prix flag is waved in 2013. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Cars race during the 1973 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: Chan Kiu

Tim Huxley (left) with Simon Harrison in Macau 2003. Photo: Paul Cherry / Tim Huxley

Ayrton Senna races in the 1983 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: SCMP

Tim Huxley (left) celebrates with British driver Danny Watts in 2006 after Watts won the Porsche Carrera Cup race at Macau for Huxley’s GR Asia racing team. Photo: Paul Cherry / Tim Huxley

Andre Couto punches the air in victory after winning the 2000 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: Antony Dickson

Lewis Hamilton during practice ahead of the 2004 Macau Grand Prix. Photo: Antony Dickson

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From China’s record-breaking Stirling generator to intermittent fasting, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend


From China’s record-breaking Stirling generator to intermittent fasting, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.
