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1. How actress Shu Qi went from soft-porn to mainstream cinema, and now filmmaking

2. Asia’s fascination with cults: from Singapore deities to Japan’s sarin gas killers

3. Thousands of gold, bronze relics uncovered as China’s Sanxingdui ruins reveal more secrets

4. Dinner with strangers? Hongkongers craving real-world connections turn to ‘secret’ meet-ups

5. 80 years after Battle of Peleliu, Japanese families still seek their lost loved ones



China turns African port into tourist spot, students rethink Hong Kong: 5 weekend reads

Trump urged Xi to help end Ukraine war; China’s tech sanctions list: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Sharla Cheung’s film career, rise and fall of Hong Kong comics: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Chip prodigy returns to China, coal waste used for critical minerals: 7 science highlights

SCMP Highlights

Actress Shu Qi, Sanxingdui, Asia’s fascination with cults: 5 weekend reads you missed

Shu Qi at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards. Photo: SCMP

Shu in a still from Millennium Mambo (2001), which screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and brought her much deserved recognition.

Televisions in Japan show news of Shoko Asahara’s execution in 2018. His Aum Shinrikyo cult could have produced enough sarin gas to kill millions, investigators said. Photo: Kyodo

A platform adorned with 13 bronze figures is among the dazzling relics recovered from the Sanxingdui pits between 2020 and 2022. Photo: Sichuan Cultural Relics

Guests at one of the “secret dinners”. Photo: Daniel Suen

Excavation progresses on a Japanese Type 95 light tank that was knocked out by US Marines in 1944. Photo: Julian Ryall

Xi Jinping’s economic rally cry, Hong Kong takes Singapore’s crown: SCMP’s 7 highlights

A Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-1000 plane takes off from Hong Kong International Airport. Photo: Shutterstock

Hong Kong’s standing as a leading financial centre has improved according to an influential report. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s Politburo, led by President Xi Jinping, held an unexpected economic meeting on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua

Cathay has blacklisted a Cantonese-speaking couple after they squabbled with a mainland passenger over a reclining seat. Photo: Cathay Pacific

US Army soldiers test launch a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile from the Mid-Range Capability (MRC aka Typhon) launcher at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California in 2023. Photo: Handout via US Army/RCCTO 

A teenage boy in eastern China was caught on video assaulting his mother, shocking the 5 million viewers who have watched the footage. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Asia backs Kamala Harris, turbulent times for Malaysia Airlines: 5 weekend reads

Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Michigan on September 2. Photo: Reuters

US Vice-President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (right) shakes hands with former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on September 10. Photo: AFP

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Malaysia Airlines’ aircraft parked on the tarmac at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Fresh from announcing its return to profitability after a decade of losses, the carrier now faces renewed scrutiny. Photo: AFP

Indian commuters wait in a traffic jam. The Telangana initiative aims to provide both employment opportunities and effective traffic management. Photo: AFP

Ema datshi at Phangu restaurant in Thimphu, Bhutan. A stew made with just cheese and chillies, it is Bhutan’s national dish. Photo: Llewellyn Cheung

US study on China’s ‘much stronger’ innovation, discounted Apple iPhone 16s: 7 highlights

People visit a booth for Chinese battery manufacturing giant CATL at Automechanika, a leading trade fair for cars, in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 11. Photo: Xinhua

Thousands of people were injured in the blasts, including Hezbollah fighters. Photo: Reuters

An Apple store in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Foreign tourists relax on Kuta Beach near Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. Photo: AFP

A Chinese newlywed woman is blinded by her husband after she declines to replenish his online gaming account. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Baidu

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From Chinese actress Shu Qi to gold and bronze relics uncovered in Sanxingdui, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From Chinese actress Shu Qi to gold and bronze relics uncovered in Sanxingdui, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Actress Shu Qi, Sanxingdui, Asia’s fascination with cults: 5 weekend reads you missed

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Chinese actress Shu Qi to gold and bronze relics uncovered in Sanxingdui, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. How actress Shu Qi went from soft-porn to mainstream cinema, and now filmmaking

From Chinese actress Shu Qi to gold and bronze relics uncovered in Sanxingdui, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend