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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. China tests non-nuclear hydrogen bomb, science paper shows

2. French flock to Chinese e-commerce bargains, hunt for ‘agent Taobao’ to deliver

3. China’s durian determination yields golden home-grown bounty in Hainan

4. Russian tourists lift China’s beach resorts as visits surge

5. How Lust, Caution made waves for its sex scenes but overdid the caution



Taiwan tariff blow, Bangladesh’s new leader, sex therapy: 5 weekend reads you missed

China’s ‘stability’ vow, graft-buster warns ‘no one is untouchable’: SCMP daily highlights

Trump’s ‘anxious’ tariff remark, Hong Kong Mandarin Oriental makeover: SCMP’s 7 highlights

China dismisses Trump’s ‘fake news’, Shenzhou-20 blasts off: SCMP daily highlights

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Russian tourists in China, non-nuclear hydrogen bomb test: 5 weekend reads you missed

The number of Russian nationals visiting the southern Chinese resort city of Sanya has soared over the past year. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese scientists used a 2kg bomb to generate a fireball that lasted 15 times longer than an equivalent TNT blast, according to a new study. Photo: 705 Research Institute

Overseas online shoppers are discovering low-priced Chinese goods on e-commerce apps such as Shein. Photo: AFP

 Illustration: Brian Wang

A couple walks past a Russian-language sign advertising a restaurant in Sanya, Hainan province. Photo: Sylvia Ma

Tang Wei (left) and Tony Leung in a still from Ang Lee’s 2007 erotic spy thriller Lust, Caution. Photo: Edko Films

Female engineer leads China’s challenge to Boeing and Airbus widebody airliners

Zhao Chunling, the chief designer of China’s home-grown widebody C929 aircraft. Photo: Xinhua

Zhao Chunling points out features of the C929’s cockpit inside a mock-up at a Comac research institute in Shanghai, on March 5. Photo: Xinhua

Trump’s tariffs, China’s AI scientists: SCMP’s 7 highlights

US President Donald Trump during his Oval Office news briefing on Monday at which he crudely dismissed China’s negotiations with Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFE

Sun Jian, chief scientist at Beijing-based AI company Megvii Technology, is among a handful of Chinese artificial intelligence experts whose untimely deaths have rattled the industry. Photo: Handout

The Hongkong Post post a notice at the General Post Office in Central, stating that with immediate effect (April 16), the acceptance of surface mail containing goods destined for the United States will be suspended, and that the acceptance of airmail will be suspended with effect from April 27. Photo: Jelly Tse

Tao Nongjian was a leading researcher and founder of two biotech start-ups. He won numerous honours and received more than US$10 million in NIH funding over the years. Photo: Handout

(From left) Chinese President Xi Jinping, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Malaysian King Sultan Ibrahim at a welcome ceremony at the national palace in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Photo:  AFP

People walk by a market in Huaqiangbei, China’s first electronics commercial street, in Shenzhen. Photo: Getty Images

Li Chenggang has been appointed China’s lead trade representative at the Ministry of Commerce. Photo: Handout

Trump’s tariff exemption for tech, Asia’s best restaurant: 5 weekend reads you missed

A woman poses with her smartphone displaying the @realdonaldtrump TikTok page, in Washington, US, on January 19. Photo: Reuters

Semiconductor chips are seen on a circuit board of a computer. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Henry Wong

China and the US have traded tariff blows over the past week but the exchanges could end quickly if talks resume, some observers say. Photo: AFP

Eateries in Toa Payoh, central Singapore. Chinese food and drink brands have been expanding throughout the city state. Photo: Jean Iau

Gaggan Anand’s restaurants in Bangkok, Thailand, showcase the chef-owner’s cooking and his theatrical skills. Above: the dish at Gaggan called “rat brains”. Photo: Gaggan

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From French people discovering Taobao to Russian tourists in China, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From French people discovering Taobao to Russian tourists in China, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
