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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 women wore tank tops, transparent outfits 800 years, Song dynasty find suggests

2. Father of missing Malaysian teen speaks out: ‘We don’t know what to do next’

3. Keto or high-carb diet? For endurance running one is better than the other, data suggests

4. No passing on the left? MTR Corp tries to change how Hongkongers use escalators

5. South Korea’s adoption scandal: a 20-year fight for truth amid corruption



US Marines in Japan, Malaysia’s first home-grown EV: 7 Asia highlights

China’s rise, potential recession, no WWIII yet: 11 key interviews from 2024

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Predicting US-China economic clashes, Chinese astronauts break record: SCMP’s 7 highlights

SCMP Highlights

Hong Kong MTR escalators, tank tops in the Song dynasty: 5 weekend reads you missed

Chinese scientists have created a digital reconstruction of a wealthy woman’s clothing from the Southern Song dynasty. Photo: Wuhan Textile University


A moxiong, similar to a modern-day tank top, discovered in a noble woman’s tomb. Photo: Wuhan Textile University

Street art in Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Photo: Shutterstock

Keto diets and ketone supplements have gained popularity among endurance runners for their potential to delay fatigue, but do they really give athletes an advantage? Photo: Shutterstock

More than 1,300 escalators serve millions of passengers every day at MTR stations across Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse

Ahn Andersen has spent decades searching for her Korean roots. Photo: David Lee

Swiss university to restrict Chinese applicants, Trump’s victory: SCMP’s 7 highlights

View of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Donald Trump gestures to supporters at an election-night watch party at Mar-a-Lago on March 5, 2024. Photo: TNS

Top university ETH Zurich is implementing a new screening policy that will restrict students from countries including China, Russia and Iran. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese scientists are bringing a converged energy beam weapon from fiction to life. Image: Lucasfilm/Disney

Girls make their way home after school in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photo: Reuters

Diners wait in the queue outside a Tim Ho Wan outlet in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: Shutterstock

Tidal surge in China, AI power race, ‘time traveller’ emperor: 7 science highlights

Experts say several highly unusual factors contributed to a tidal event in eastern China in October. Photo: SCMP

A follow-up assessment of the Yunxing prototype’s engine technology will be carried out in November. Photo: Weibo/YunXing

This tiny Loricera beetle has remained virtually unchanged for at least 100 million years, according to a Chinese-led study. Photo: Shutterstock

Thailand is set to become the first nation to join both the US-led Artemis Accords, a set of best practices for space exploration, and the Chinese-led ILRS, pictured, which aims to build a base on the moon. Photo: China National Space Administration

Wang Mang is viewed as a man of the moment in an era in Chinese history defined by a deep yearning for renewal and transformation in nearly all walks of life. Photo: Baidu

China aims to set up a computing power corridor across the country covering 99 per cent of the nation’s population, according to a key architect of the project. Photo: Shutterstock

The Malaysian dream of a UK education, spotlight on adult ADHD: 5 weekend reads you missed

Commuters pass Tower Bridge. Wealthy Malaysians are so enamoured with the British capital that they’ve dubbed the city “Kuala London”. Photo: EPA-EFE

Aspirations, class and the Malaysian dream of a British education. Illustration: Huy Truong

Will Smith, Howie Mandel, Simone Biles and Trevor Noah are just some of the stars who have said they have adult ADHD. Photos: Reuters/AFP/Getty Images/Twitter

We look at the much-vaunted Blue Wall: what it is, what it means and why it’s important. Illustration: Davies Christian Surya

Could stealth fighter jets take off from Japan, get past China’s air defence system and bomb Shanghai? Photo: US Navy

Supporters of the opposition Workers’ Party wave party flags as they gather in Hougang after the general election in 2020. Photo: AFP

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From Song dynasty fashion to Hong Kong escalators, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From Song dynasty fashion to Hong Kong escalators, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
