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Philippines’ Sabina Shoal dilemma, Chinese super radars’ Giza discovery: 5 weekend reads

From the Philippines’ Sabina Shoal dilemma to the failed war on drugs in Malaysia, here are five weekend reads you may have missed

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A Chinese coastguard ship (left) collides with the BRP Teresa Magbanua in the South China Sea on August 31. Photo: EPA-EFE/ Philippine Coast Guard/ Handout
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1. South China Sea: how should Philippines respond to China’s Sabina Shoal moves?

A Chinese coastguard ship is seen from a Philippine vessel during a resupply mission to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea on August 26. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
A Chinese coastguard ship is seen from a Philippine vessel during a resupply mission to Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea on August 26. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

2. Southeast Asia’s struggle to stay afloat amid a flood of cheap Chinese imports

Workers produce garments at a textile factory that supplies clothes to a Chinese e-commerce platform in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in June. Photo: AFP
Workers produce garments at a textile factory that supplies clothes to a Chinese e-commerce platform in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in June. Photo: AFP

3. China’s super-radar detects plasma bubble over the pyramids in Giza

China’s super-radar LARID has detected plasma bubbles as far away as the Midland Islands north of Hawaii and the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
China’s super-radar LARID has detected plasma bubbles as far away as the Midland Islands north of Hawaii and the pyramids in Giza, Egypt. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
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