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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. South China Sea: how should Philippines respond to China’s Sabina Shoal moves?

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

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

4. Malaysia’s failed war on drugs: can mandatory rehab break the habit?

5. How Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat led Hong Kong’s gambling movie craze



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SCMP Highlights

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

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

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

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

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

Malaysian customs officials show drugs seized from a passenger at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in 2014. Photo: AFP

Andy Lau in a still from Casino Raiders (1989). Photo: Eureka Entertainment

Cathay’s A350 planes, the death of Jane Wu, Yagi shuts down Hong Kong: 7 highlights

Cathay Pacific says it identified an engine component failure after Zurich-bound flight returned to Hong Kong following take-off on Monday. Photo: Jonathan Wong

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 8 signal at 6.20pm. Photo: Dickson Lee

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Coldplay are expected to perform in Hong Kong early next year. Photo: AP

Chinese-born molecular biologist Jane Wu was a prominent neuroscientist at Northwestern University, Illinois. Photo: Baidu

Luxury homes at Sentosa Cove, Singapore. Photo: Roy Issa

Inside US and China military drills, Singapore’s underconsumption trend: 5 weekend reads

Chinese and Thai air force personnel at Falcon Strike 2024. Photo: Facebook/Royal Thai Air Force

Chinese and Cambodian troops at this year’s Golden Dragon military exercise near Phnom Penh. Photo: AP

Philippine navy personnel on board a rigid inflatable boat attempt to block Chinese coastguard personnel’s access at Second Thomas Shoal last year. Photo: AFP

A post by Lim Yi Ying, a 35-year-old Singaporean business owner, on her commitment to reduce her consumption. Photo: Captured from TikTok

India’s cheetah reintroduction project, a flagship initiative for Prime Minister Modi, faces a potential collapse after the death of its only wild-roaming cheetah. Photo: Reuters

Hokkaido’s powder snow may become heavier due to global warming, impacting winter sports tourism and daily life, warns a new study. Photo: Shutterstock

Wukong mania drives China tourism, Filipino helpers to earn big in South Korea: 7 highlights

The launch of the online game, Black Myth: Wukong has sparked an unprecedented tourism boom in northern China. Photo: SCMP composite/Baidu/Weibo

The thwarted bomb plot was set to take place amid the anti-government protests in 2019. Photo: Sam Tsang

A group of 100 Filipino women arrive in Seoul on August 6 to take part in South Korea’s first-ever pilot project for domestic workers from the country. Photo: Yonhap/EPA-EFE

China is the world’s biggest buyer of durian and imported 1.4 million tonnes last year. Photo: AP

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


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


Chow Yun-fat