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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. Why is the US Typhon missile system being withdrawn from the Philippines?

2. From Hong Kong movie darling to ‘poison’: how Cecilia Cheung overcame scandals

3. Chinese EV makers bypass EU and US tariff roadblock by turning towards Africa

4. In Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, ageing Asia’s demographic reckoning looms

5. Britain’s BN(O) visa scheme for Hongkongers unlikely to change under Labour, analysts say



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SCMP Highlights

US missile system in Philippines, Hong Kong’s Cecilia Cheung: 5 weekend reads you missed

Cecilia Cheung, one of the most well-known Hong Kong actresses of the 21st century. Photo: Weibo

Philippine troops were taught to use the US Typhon medium-range missile launch system deployed to Luzon in recent months but it was not used in live-fire exercises, a Philippine military spokesman said. Photo: US Army

Cecilia Cheung at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards in 2004. The actress’ personal life garnered a lot of attention in the 2000s, with tabloids covering scandals and her high-profile romantic life. Photo: SCMP

As the EU announces a tariff increase of up to 38 per cent for Chinese electric vehicles, carmakers are now looking further afield, including to Africa, for new markets. Photo: AFP

Elderly men play checkers in Singapore’s Chinatown earlier this year. By 2030, around one in four of the city state’s citizens are expected to be 65 or older. Photo: AFP

Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive at 10 Downing Street following the party’s landslide victory. Photo: Phil Noble

Taiwan’s ‘carrier killers’, what makes China Coast Guard so powerful: 7 highlights

Taiwan will have two more Tuo Jiang-class stealth missile corvettes join its fleet this week as it looks to enhance capabilities in the face of Beijing’s PLA. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Henry Wong

Formed in 2013, China’s coastguard has quickly become the world’s most formidable maritime law enforcement fleet. Photo: Weibo/China Coast Guard

The teenager lost three teeth in the attack. Photo: Weibo

A video surfaced showing an instructor in China forcefully grabbing a boy and repeatedly pushing his head into the water, he claimed this method helps the child conquer inhibitions. Photo: SCMP composite/X.com

Chinese sanda vs Korean taekwondo: Asian martial arts both built on ancient styles

Hong Kong sanda champion Sunny Cheung (left) competes in the 2024 International Wushu Invitational Tournament. Photo: International Wushu Invitational Tournament

Hong Kong sanda champion Sunny Cheung (left) competes in the 2024 International Wushu Invitational Tournament in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, China. We compare the Chinese fighting system with the Korean martial art taekwondo. Photo: International Wushu Invitational Tournament

Laos’ Khamla Soukaphone (red) fights against Nepal’s Padam Bahadur Thakulla during the men’s sanda 56kg preliminaries at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 20, 2018. Photo: AFP

Sunny Cheung (right) stands on the podium with his bronze medal at the 2024 International Wushu Invitational Tournament, in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, in China. Photo: Courtesy of Sunny Cheung

Lo Wai-fung (centre) has claimed Hong Kong’s 31st berth at the Paris Olympics. Photo: Hong Kong, China Taekwondo Association

Kyukpa, one of the three main disciplines of taekwondo, involves smashing wooden boards with punches and kicks. Photo: Courtesy of No Rae

The highlight of taekwondo is its beautiful kicks, performed here by Master No Rae. Photo: Courtesy of No Rae

Jordan’s Anas Sadek (right) and Iran’s Arian Salimi compete in the men’s taekwondo over-80kg quarter-finals event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on September 28, 2023. Photo: AFP

A martial artist from one of No’s taekwondo studios demonstrates a seemingly impossible kick. Photo: Courtesy of No Rae

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From the US Typhon missile system in the Philippines to Hong Kong movie darling Cecilia Cheung, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From the US Typhon missile system in the Philippines to Hong Kong movie darling Cecilia Cheung, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
