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1. Maybe baby: can ‘auspicious’ year of dragon boost birth rates in Singapore?

2. Will demolition of New Delhi historic mosque fan India’s Hindu-Muslim divide?

3. China warns Philippines on planned military expansion near Taiwan

4. Can Bangladesh keep its colourful painted rickshaw tradition alive?

5. The Year of the Loong? China’s dragons ‘are not’ the West’s ‘giant reptiles’



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People pass the God of Fortune statue and dragon sculpture in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

A child poses with a dragon-shaped balloon at a market for Lunar New Year in Singapore. Photo: Xinhua

Delhi police barriers block the entrance to the demolition site in the Mehrauli area following the demolition of the 600-year-old mosque by the DDA. Photo: Kaisar Andrabi

A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands in Mavulis Island, Batanes, Philippines on June 30, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE

Every rickshaw is decorated, from the collapsible bonnet to the seats, backs and handlebars. Photo: Armin Hossen

Lunar New Year decorations light up the city wall of Xian in Shaanxi province earlier this month. Photo: Xinhua

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Block B of Flamingo Garden on Kowloon Peak. Photo: May Tse

Yoon and his wife Kim Keon-hee arrive in Japan to attend a G7 Leaders’ Summit last year. Photo: AFP

Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi (centre) shapes to shoot during his side’s game against Vissel Kobe. Photo: AFP

China’s famous “Harvard girl”, Liu Yiting, who became a poster girl for strict parenting on the mainland after she gained a full scholarship to the top US university 25 years ago. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Sohu

Malaysia halves Najib’s sentence, Hong Kong’s car-free village, China’s Picasso: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak leaves a court in Kuala Lumpur in 2019. Photo: AFP

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak waves as he leaves a Kuala Lumpur court on January 19, 2024. Photo: Reuters

In an excerpt from his new book, cartoonist and writer Larry Feign (above) pays homage to his carefree and car-free adopted Hong Kong home and its fascinating collection of colourful characters. Photo: Larry Feign

Courtney Welton-Mitchell and Sarah Welton-Mitchell during their Hindu wedding ceremony at a temple in Kathmandu in 2011. Photo: Courtney Welton-Mitchell

Analysts said Philip Chan’s case has spotlighted alleged Chinese political interference in the city state. Photo: Shutterstock

Artist Chang Dai-chien was acclaimed for a wide-ranging oeuvre that included gongbi (a realist Chinese painting technique involving meticulous brushwork), traditional Chinese ink wash, and splashed-colour paintings (called pocai) reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism. Photo: Zhang Weimin

Workers shovel harvested rice onto a pile to dry at a wholesale market in Narvana, India. India is the world’s top rice exporter, accounting for around 40 per cent of global rice shipments and exporting to more than 150 countries. Photo: Bloomberg

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From China warning the Philippines over its military expansion to the case for calling it Year of the Loong instead of Dragon, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend


From China warning the Philippines over its military expansion to the case for calling it Year of the Loong instead of Dragon, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Singapore’s birth rates, China warns the Philippines, Year of the Dragon vs Loong: 5 weekend reads you may have missed

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From China warning the Philippines over its military expansion to the case for calling it Year of the Loong instead of Dragon, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Maybe baby: can ‘auspicious’ year of dragon boost birth rates in Singapore?

From China warning the Philippines over its military expansion to the case for calling it Year of the Loong instead of Dragon, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend