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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. Trending off TikTok? US users going to RedNote face challenges, analysts say
Analysts are predicting that a recent surge of Americans flocking to the Chinese social media platform RedNote – also known as Xiaohongshu – could be short-lived, as users soon find its content regulations differ sharply from those on TikTok US.
2. ‘Please save my son’: Chinese families’ desperate appeals over Thai job scams

Sun Maoxing and wife Wang Weiju, both in their sixties, never expected their first trip outside China to involve a desperate search for their missing son. The exact location of their 32-year-old son Sun Baochao is currently unknown, with WeChat messages asking his parents for money their only recent communication. In a message last week he revealed he was in Thailand.
3. Hong Kong’s Li Ka Shing Foundation gives 4,200 Disneyland tickets to helpers
The Li Ka Shing Foundation is giving 4,200 domestic helpers in Hong Kong a free trip to the Disneyland Resort to thank them for their contributions to local families, prompting a flurry of requests for tickets.
4. Trump’s defence pick fails Asean test, sparking mockery across Southeast Asia
Southeast Asians reacted with a mix of laughter, dismay and disbelief at a viral clip of US president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defence failing to name a single member of the Asean bloc when asked about the alliance in a confirmation hearing at US Congress.
5. Power players: a visual guide to Trump’s team and their views on China




US presidents rely on advisers, Cabinet members and other senior officials to carry out their policy goals. Here’s a look at Donald Trump’s chosen team and what the appointment of these individuals could mean for China.
6. ‘If you like Chinese, we kiss kiss’: China netizens welcome ‘TikTok refugees’

United States users of the soon-to-be-banned TikTok social media platform have been given a warm welcome by their Chinese counterparts on the RedNote platform.
7. Chinese rice tastes better than it did 16 years ago, research team finds
Taste tests by the China National Rice Research Institute found that the quality of the Asian rice grown in China – including its appearance and texture – had improved since 2009.


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SCMP Highlights

Li Ka-shing gives Disneyland tickets, RedNote’s challenge in US: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Li Ka Shing Foundation has partnered with Hong Kong Disneyland Resort to sponsor 4,200 foreign domestic workers for a day at the park. Photo: Handout

Sun Maoxing (left) and wife Wang Weiju show a photo of their son, who is currently missing. Photo: Sam Tsang

Migrating foreign users to the Chinese social media platform RedNote ahead of an expected US ban on TikTok have been warmly welcomed by their counterparts in China. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

Chinese actor Wang Xing rescued, Tibet earthquake, dementia tests: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Wang Xing’s disappearance caught public attention after his girlfriend posted on social media that she had lost contact with him near the Myanmar border. Photo: Weibo

People sift through rubble in the aftermath of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in China’s southern Tibet autonomous region on Tuesday morning. Photo: Xinhua

A submarine drone suspected to be from China found by fishermen off a coast in Masbate province, Philippines. Photo: AFP

The motorcycle veered out of control and collided with a roadside metal pole. Photo: Facebook/Dennis Lui

The clock-drawing test requires a person to be able to interpret the placement of the hands in relation to the numbers. It is an ability often lost in people with early dementia. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s new sixth-generation jet, Hong Kong’s wealthy lose billions: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Videos and images posted on social media last week appear to show China’s first sixth-generation stealth fighter jet flying over Chengdu. Photo: Handout

Former US president Jimmy Carter (left) greets Deng Xiaoping outside the Oval Office of the White House on January 28, 1979. Photo: AP

The car was wrecked in the smash. Photo: handout

Firefighters conduct search operations at the wreckage site of the Jeju Air aircraft at Muan International Airport. Photo: EPA-EFE

A girl in China with different coloured eyes has been accepted by her classmates, dispelling her mother’s discrimination concerns. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Wikipedia

Solar stations in space, tiny cat fossil found, Cambodia canal risks: 7 science highlights

A Long March-5 rocket is seen at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China. The much larger Long March-9, a reusable heavy-lift rocket, will be used to realise plans for the solar power station in space. Photo: Xinhua 

A farmer carries harvested rice in Daoxiang Village of Suihua City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Photo: Xinhua

An artist’s impression of the tiny species leopard cat whose remains were uncovered in Anhui province, eastern China. Illustration: X/@HodariNundu

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From Li Ka-shing giving free Disneyland tickets to Hong Kong helpers to RedNote’s US challenges, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From Li Ka-shing giving free Disneyland tickets to Hong Kong helpers to RedNote’s US challenges, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.


Li Ka-shing gives Disneyland tickets, RedNote’s challenge in US: SCMP’s 7 highlights

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1. Trending off TikTok? US users going to RedNote face challenges, analysts say

From Li Ka-shing giving free Disneyland tickets to Hong Kong helpers to RedNote’s US challenges, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting