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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. Bamboo could be the solution to world hunger as a new source of protein

2. India comes for China’s manufacturing crown as supply chains slowly shift

3. Will top-class summit put Hong Kong on global cultural map?

4. 10 years on, Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement has wilted but its legacy lingers on

5. Magazine-shredding artist Movana Chen on using paper to ‘make love’

6. ‘We bring culture to your city’: gallerist on Hong Kong woes, unusual costume



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SCMP Highlights

Bamboo’s protein potential, rise of India’s manufacturers, Hong Kong’s culture summit: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

As a crop, bamboo is fast-growing, plus has multiple uses including as food and timber. Photo: Shutterstock


Bamboo is not just the food of the giant panda; it also provides a long list of health benefits for human consumption. Photo: Xinhua

Workers clean solar panels at Premier Energies Solar on the outskirts of Hyderabad last year. India has introduced production-linked incentives for sectors such as electronics and renewable-energy equipment. Photo: AP

Illustration: Brian Wang

Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement of 2014 was sparked by student protests against a trade deal with mainland China. Photo: Reuters

Movana Chen at her Knitting Conversations exhibition ongoing at M+. The Hong Kong artist, best known for her clothes knitted from shredded magazines, reveals how her work has helped her forge friendships all around the world. Photo: Edmond So

A view of French photographer and artist JR’s exhibition “Pattern” at Perrotin Hong Kong in 2012. Photo: Perrotin / Laurent Segretier

Ramadan in Gaza, Malaysians feel the pinch, Taylor Swift’s impersonator: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

Displaced Palestinian children queue to collect free food handouts from a street kitchen in central Gaza on Wednesday. Photo: Bloomberg

A man stirs a giant pot as displaced Palestinians queue to receive food donated by a charity organisation ahead of the fast-breaking “iftar” meal during Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 16, 2024. Photo: AFP

A worker arranges packaged fish crackers at a store in Terengganu. Ordinary Malaysians have been hit by the ringgit’s drop in value, as the cost of shopping surges with each depreciation. Photo: Bloomberg

A groom puts a face mask on his bride before their wedding ceremony in Jakarta. Indonesia recorded only 1.79 million marriages in 2020. Photo: AFP 

Japanese primary school pupils on a field trip in Osaka. Photo: Shutterstock

Taylor Sheesh, a Philippine drag act who impersonates American pop star Taylor Swift, performs in Singapore on March 16, 2024. Photo: SCMP

The world’s largest library reading space, in the Beijing City Library in China’s capital, was inspired by nature and designed to be something of a social space. Photo: Yumeng Zhu

Chinese war drone, Hong Kong’s Article 23 law, Philippines mail-order bride scheme: 7 highlights of the week

Chinese scientists report they have developed a drone that can rapidly split apart. Photo: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Lawmakers take pictures after the voting of the Article 23 bill in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. Photo: Elson Li

A black-and-white striped cow. Photo: Kojima et al

A Filipino activist yells during a protest in Manila on International Women’s Day earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

The PLA conducts live-fire drills in the Gulf of Tonkin in 2021. Photo: Weibo

The dark side of Japanese nightlife, Taiwan’s forgotten disco era, beach clubs in Bali: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

Kabukicho red light district in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: Getty Images

Yu, not her real name, is a Japanese woman who previously visited a Kabukicho host club in Tokyo regularly, became heavily indebted and was forced to do sex work to repay her debts. Photo: Julian Ryall

Chinese coastguard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel on March 5 in the South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

Chinese tourists pose for a group photo at a museum in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on March 1. Photo: Xinhua

Women across Asia are challenging bias to carve out entrepreneurial success. Photo: Shutterstock

A disco single by Frankie Kao. As Taiwan’s younger generation dust off disco records from the 1970s and 80s, scholars are looking into how the island came to embrace the Western music genre at a time when even dancing in public was illegal. Photo: CYP

In 2000, Ku De Ta (pictured) in Bali set off a trend of the Indonesian island hosting beach clubs. It is not, however, the only place in Southeast Asia with a thriving beach club scene. Photo: Facebook/Ku De Ta

Malaysia seeks to revive MH370 plane search, the Nepalis paid to fight for Russia: 6 weekend reads you may have missed

A person looks at the names of passengers and crew on doomed flight MH370, during a memorial in Malaysia on March 3. Photo: Hadi Azmi

Singapore couple Corinne Chow and Ryan Tan posted a video on TikTok showing their viewers what a day in their life as a DINK couple looks like. Photo: Handout

Khim Bahadur Thapa in a Russian army uniform at an unidentified location. Photo: Khim Bahadur Thapa

A version of the Disney-designed logo which adorned the planes of the Flying Tigers, volunteer American and British fighter pilots who took to the skies to protect Free China from the Japanese during World War II. Photo: EJ Hersom/US Department of Defense

Crowds galore on a Saturday at Tai Po Hui Cooked Food Centre, Tai Po, on January 13, 2024. Photo: Sam Evans

An imperial throne in the Wang Shu Room, at the Humboldt Forum, in Berlin, Germany. Photo: David von Becker

China-India tunnel dispute, Hong Kong Article 23 bill unpacked, near-death experiences: SCMP’s 7 highlights of the week

The opening of the Sela Tunnel in the disputed Himalayan border region between China and India has sparked a strong response from Beijing. Photo: X/gemsofbabus_

Lawmakers review the Safeguarding National Security Bill. Photo: Dickson Lee

Many people who have had a near-death experience recall travelling through a tunnel towards a bright light. One doctor who studies people’s accounts of them says they may suggest the existence of a life after death. Photo: Shutterstock

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

A Japanese couple walks in the Gion area of Kyoto. More Japanese men say they are “fed up” with “manufactured” occasions such as White Day. Photo: EPA-EFE

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From bamboo as a potential new source of protein to Hong Kong’s International Cultural Summit, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend


From bamboo as a potential new source of protein to Hong Kong’s International Cultural Summit, here are stories you may have missed over the weekend.
