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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. CropWatch: over 160 countries join China’s tech war against the West on food
China’s leading remote agricultural monitoring system is arming developing countries with tools to break the information barrier in agriculture, challenging the Western-dominated rules of food.
2. Nearly 1 in 4 Hong Kong children suffered from a mental disorder in past year: study
Nearly one in four Hong Kong children and adolescents suffered from at least one mental disorder in the past year and more than 8 per cent of secondary school students had thought about suicide, a citywide study has found.
3. US$280 in China, US$8,892 in the US: new Chinese cancer drug gets FDA approval

A cancer drug developed by Chinese scientists and recently approved by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will cost over 30 times more in the United States than in China, with two other Chinese cancer drugs set to experience similar price bumps in the US market.
4. ‘Political misogyny’: why is Jokowi’s wife cast as villain over son’s VP run?

Indonesian social media has been abuzz with heated debate over allegations that First Lady Iriana Widodo, wife of outgoing President Joko Widodo, masterminded the vice-presidential candidacy of her son, Gibran.
5. ‘Many can’t survive’: Hong Kong logistics firms worry over relocation plans
Hundreds of logistics operators are being forced out of sites in the New Territories to make way for development, but the Hong Kong government is only offering financial compensation, not relocation.
6. Foiled jewellery robbery in Japan sparks demand for ancient ‘sasumata’ weapon
A shop worker in Tokyo fended off two would-be robbers using a modern version of the ‘sasumata’, a spear fork weapon that dates back to the 1300s. The company that makes the weapon has been flooded with inquiries, as Tokyo sees an alarming increase in the number of smash-and-grab robberies.
7. ‘Insult to civilisation’: dead girl sold for US$9,300 as ‘ghost bride’ shocks China

A man in China has accused the adoptive parents of his 16-year-old daughter of selling her as a “ghost bride” after she committed suicide.


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Vials of Toripalimab Injection are on display at the booth of Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd during the 8th China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair in 2021. Photo: Getty Images

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo with his wife Iriana (R) and son Gibran Rakabuming (R) at the Jakarta governor’s residence on October 20, 2014. Photo: AFP

Mainland social media observers have expressed shock over the ongoing practice of “ghost marriages” in China after a man’s dead daughter was “sold” to the parents of a dead man for US$9,300 by her adoptive family. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

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Children receive a drip at a children hospital in Beijing on November 23, 2023. China has reported an increase in “influenza-like illness” since mid-October when compared to the same period in the previous three years, the WHO said. Photo: AFP

China says it mobilised naval and air forces to  monitor the American guided-missile destroyer USS Grace Hopper near the Xisha Islands, also known as the Paracels. Photo: Handout

A packed outpatient area at a children’s hospital in Beijing, as paediatric wards across China grapple with the caseload. Photo: AFP

BN(O) holders starting over in the UK have struggled to find work matching their experience levels, but many refuse to live in Hong Kong again. Photo: Reuters

Prabowo Subianto dances in this still from a social media video shared on Instagram by his Gerindra Party. Photo: Instagram/@gerindra

The energy-saving tile mimics the bio-whiteness of the whitest known insect, the Cyphochilus beetle native to Southeast Asia. Photo: City University of Hong Kong

The cast of The Archies with director Zoya Akhtar attend Netflix’s Tudum: A Global Fan Event 2023 in Sao Paulo in June. Photo: Getty Images for Netflix

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Britain offered the BN(O) visa scheme after Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong in 2020. Photo: Getty Images

The Chinese rocket remnant that crashed into the moon was part of a 2014 test mission to prepare for the better-known Chang’e-5 mission, shown here, which brought lunar samples back to Earth in 2020. Photo: Xinhua

A protest in front of Petronas Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur, in 2011 against the proposed Lynas rare earth plant to be built in Gebeng. Photo: Shutterstock

Police believe the scammers aimed to attract animal lovers to engage with the dog meat “sellers” and lure them into attempting to download the app. Photo: SCMP

A fan who had been wearing a Son Heung-min jersey is escorted away by police as angry Chinese supporters surrounded him outside the stadium in Shenzhen. Photo: Weibo

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From countries joining China’s agricultural monitoring system to Hong Kong’s children suffering from mental disorders, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From countries joining China’s agricultural monitoring system to Hong Kong’s children suffering from mental disorders, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.


Countries join China’s food-tech war on the West, Hong Kong logistics firms face eviction: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From countries joining China’s agricultural monitoring system to Hong Kong’s children suffering from mental disorders, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting

From countries joining China’s agricultural monitoring system to Hong Kong’s children suffering from mental disorders, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting