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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. Chinese scientists find way to mass-produce optical chips US cannot sanction
Chinese scientists have created a low-cost method to mass-produce optical chips that are used in supercomputers and data centres, helping to reduce the impact of US sanctions.
2. ‘Hainan pride’: online interest in ancestral ties of Singapore’s Lawrence Wong

Soon after Lawrence Wong was sworn in on Wednesday as Singapore’s fourth prime minister since the city’s independence, a mix of online content from media members and observers found its way onto Chinese social media. Articles and videos mostly traced Wong’s ancestral ties to Beishan village in Huiwen town, noting his father first migrated from Hainan to Malaysia.
3. China’s rail gun sends smart bomb into stratosphere at hypersonic speed

The Chinese navy has tested an electromagnetic rail gun, firing a smart bomb 15km (9 miles) high into the stratosphere at a speed exceeding Mach 5, according to scientists involved in the project.
4. Hong Kong’s Cathay pays bosses 20% more despite flight blunders, ongoing woes
Top bosses at Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways were paid about 20 per cent more last year than they received in 2019 before the pandemic, with some enjoying substantial salary rises despite the flag carrier’s ongoing struggle to return to full capacity.
5. In for the long haul: China starts designing new C939 jet after C919’s success

Having established its bona fides as a producer of commercial aircraft with the launch of the narrowbody C919, China has already begun work on the C939, a new widebody plane and the third in its series of home-grown airliners.
6. Drone footage of Japan warship on Chinese social media sparks concern in Tokyo
Drone footage that circulated on Chinese social media showing a Japanese warship docked at a military base has revealed worrying gaps in Japan’s defences, analysts say.
7. China film mogul, 72, and wife, 42, expect fifth child amid scrutiny over age gap

A famous film producer in China has accompanied his wife – who is 30 years younger – to a prenatal exam for what will be his fifth child.


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China tests rail gun, Lawrence Wong ‘pride of Hainan’, Cathay bosses’ hefty pay rise:  SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

Singapore’s new Prime Minister Lawrence Wong speaks during a swearing-in ceremony held at the Istana on Wednesday. Photo: Ministry of Communications and Information of Singapore/Handout via Xinhua

The Chinese team’s method reduces the costs of making wafers. Photo: Shutterstock

The Type 072 destroyer (pictured) was spotted in 2018, carrying what military experts believed to be the PLA Navy’s first electromagnetic rail gun. Photo: Handout

China’s Comac has already begun design work on the next generation of domestically produced airliners after its success with the narrowbody C919. Photo: CAAC

Famous China film producer, Zhang Jizhong, 72, is about to have his fifth child with his wife who is 30 years younger, and the age gap between them has sparked a social media debate. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

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Chinese tourists take selfies at Marina Bay in Singapore. Photo: Reuters

A hawker food centre in Singapore’s Chinatown. Photo: Shutterstock

A California town notorious for a history of racism and exclusion now has one of the highest Asian populations in the US state. The Tu family helped make it happen. Photo: The Tu family

Working from a beach in Bali will seem less of an impossible dream for hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans from December, when new flexitime guidelines kick in. Photo: Shutterstock 

The estate was billed as a luxury “second-home” retreat for Hong Kong socialites when it opened in 1979. Photo: May Tse

Sharing your voice with others while reading aloud can make for an intimate bonding experience. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong rail upgrade, Japan’s friendship marriages, China military’s ‘wake-up’ call: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

illustration by Lau Ka-kuen

A Chinese national flag flutters near China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian. Photo: AP

The CERN president has weighed in on the debate around China’s proposed particle accelerator which would dwarf Europe’s Large Hadron Collider (pictured). Photo: Keystone via AP

A new relationship trend called “friendship marriage” in which young people embrace union without love or sex has hit Japan. The Post finds out why, and what it is. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Jin Xing, China’s first publicly recognised transgender woman, who was forced to divorce her German husband 18 years ago, has remarried the love of her life. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo

Cathay Pacific’s stormy flight, Malaysia’s Forest City casino, Japan’s armpit onigiri: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

Cathay Pacific planes at Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

The fireworks were set to the music of the daily “Symphony of Lights” multimedia show. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

A classic Japanese snack, the rice ball, has taken on a new culinary form, which bizarrely involves the underarm sweat of the women who prepare it. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/QQ.com

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From China’s rail gun sending smart bomb into stratosphere to Singapore’s Lawrence Wong being ‘pride of Hainan’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From China’s rail gun sending smart bomb into stratosphere to Singapore’s Lawrence Wong being ‘pride of Hainan’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.


China tests rail gun, Lawrence Wong ‘pride of Hainan’, Cathay bosses’ hefty pay rise: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From China’s rail gun sending smart bomb into stratosphere to Singapore’s Lawrence Wong being ‘pride of Hainan’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting

1. Chinese scientists find way to mass-produce optical chips US cannot sanction

From China’s rail gun sending smart bomb into stratosphere to Singapore’s Lawrence Wong being ‘pride of Hainan’, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting