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1. South China Sea: what do Filipinos think about the Manila-Beijing row?

2. India beckons UK and France after Europe’s election earthquakes

3. Why every single Japanese person might be surnamed Sato in 500 years

4. A Chinese civil servant went on safari in Kenya. Now lions are his life

5. How The House of 72 Tenants saved Hong Kong’s Cantonese cinema



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SCMP Highlights

What Filipinos think of South China Sea row, Japan’s most common surname: 5 weekend reads

Activists hold a protest marking the 8th anniversary of the 2016 arbitration ruling over China’s claims in the South China Sea, in Quezon City, Philippines on July 12, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Filipino fishermen aboard their wooden boats sailing past a Chinese coast guard ship near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, in disputed waters of the South China Sea on February 15, 2024. Photo: AFP

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France on July 13, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Japan is the only country that requires both members of a married couple to share the same surname. Photo: Reuters

Zhuo Qiang has spent 14 years as a wildlife conservationist at Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve. Photo: Handout

A still from The House of 72 Tenants (1973). Chor Yuen’s film took in more money in Hong Kong than Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon, and the decision to make it in Cantonese and not Mandarin was a pivotal one for the city’s film industry. Photo: Celestial Pictures

Leaked US F-35 and F-15 documents, Singapore approves insects as food: 7 highlights

Leaked American files include manuals for the F-35 jet, pictured, as well as documents relating to the F-15, the Switchblade drone and precision-guided missiles. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Henry Wong

Singapore has approved 16 types of insects for food. Photo: Shutterstock

Medical equipment found during the raid on a Pogo-linked underground medical facility in Pasay City, the Philippines. Photo: Presidential Anti-Organised Crime Commission

A Netflix reality show has sparked an unholy culinary row over what the spicy side dish kimchi should be called in Chinese. Photo: SCMP composite/IMDb/Netflix/Shutterstock

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

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

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From how Filipinos feel about China to the film that saved Hong Kong cinema, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From how Filipinos feel about China to the film that saved Hong Kong cinema, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


What Filipinos think of South China Sea row, Japan’s most common surname: 5 weekend reads

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From how Filipinos feel about China to the film that saved Hong Kong cinema, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. South China Sea: what do Filipinos think about the Manila-Beijing row?

From how Filipinos feel about China to the film that saved Hong Kong cinema, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend