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1. Plains, trains and uncommon zeal: China’s varied landscapes photographed via railways that traverse them

2. Hong Kong’s love affair with instant noodles is under fire. The Post has answers

3. Far-right views in Southeast Asia? How 2 Singapore cases may reflect ‘anti-woke’ movement’s slow creep

4. Is the Philippines becoming a US ‘proxy’ against Beijing in the South China Sea?

5. A pregnant ex-prisoner of war’s anxious life in a Hong Kong camp after Japan’s World War II surrender



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SCMP Highlights

Hong Kong’s love affair with instant noodles, China’s railways and landscapes captured: 5 weekend reads you may have missed

A freight train crosses a bridge near Liupanshui, Guizhou province, China. Photo: Wang Lu

A freight train rolls through the Qianxinan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture in Guizhou province, China. Photo: Wang Lu

Hong Kong’s love of instant noodles has surpassed even Japan, where the snack was first invented. Photo: Tory Ho

Merlion Park with Marina Bay Sands in the background in Singapore. Photo: EPA-EFE

A service member from the Philippine Navy keeps watch in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout via AFP

In his book, a journalist details his quest to understand his mother’s past. Photo: Blacksmith Books

US’ show of strength to China, what to expect from Prabowo, PLA marriage in spotlight: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

The USS Carl Vinson and USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier strike groups in formation during the Multi-Large Deck Event in the Philippine Sea in January. Photo: US Navy

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies during a US congressional hearing in Washington on January 31. Photo: AP

President-elect Prabowo Subianto on February 14, 2024. Photo: AFP

Mary Jane is one of several large retail cannabis stores operated by OG Canna in popular tourist destinations in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Todd Ruiz

A court in China has jailed a man for 10 months after he admitted to having slept and cohabited with the wife of a soldier currently serving in the People’s Liberation Army. Photo: SCMP composite/Sohu

‘Discrimination’: Nepal doctors outraged after US licensing exam invalidates their scores

Injured victims are treated at a hospital in Nepalgunj after an earthquake in western Nepal on November 4, 2023. Photo: AFP

Vendors in Kathmandu. Many practising doctors and academics in the US have called out USMLE’s decision to target exam takers from Nepal. Photo: Shutterstock 

A Nepali survivor of a landslide receives medical treatment in Kathmandu on August 2, 2014. Photo: AFP 

A volunteer doctor from a Nepali NGO treats an earthquake survivor in Dolkha district on May 5, 2015. Photo: AFP

‘Bread is the canvas’: sisters behind sourdough bakery and cafe Cuít in Hong Kong on their inspirations

Sisters Stephanie (left) and Tiffany Tse at their bakery Cuít in Sai Kung. Cuít has upped the bakery game in Hong Kong with its flavoured sourdough bread, sandwiches and pastries. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Stephanie Tse shows a country white sourdough (lower) and honey rye sourdough bread at Cuít in Sai Kung. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

William and Doris Tse with their children Tiffany, Derek and Stephanie at the pier of one of the islands off Sai Kung in 1999. Photo: Cuít

Stephanie (left) and Tiffany at their bakery in Sai Kung. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Country white sourdough (left) and honey rye sourdough served with condiments at Cuít. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

For Cuit’s popular market fish karaage sandwich, Stephanie and Tiffany Tse source fresh seafood from Sai Kung’s wet market and from fishermen along the promenade. Photo: Cuít

A ham and cheese sandwich at Cuít. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Stephanie (left) and Tiffany Tse have complementary roles at the cafe. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

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From the railways that traverse China’s varied landscapes to far-right views in Southeast Asia, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend


From the railways that traverse China’s varied landscapes to far-right views in Southeast Asia, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Hong Kong’s love affair with instant noodles, China’s railways and landscapes captured: 5 weekend reads you may have missed

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}From the railways that traverse China’s varied landscapes to far-right views in Southeast Asia, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Plains, trains and uncommon zeal: China’s varied landscapes photographed via railways that traverse them

From the railways that traverse China’s varied landscapes to far-right views in Southeast Asia, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend