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1. Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong emerges with dozens hurt, travellers frustrated

2. Trump and Xi tipped to meet ahead of or during Apec summit in South Korea

3. ‘Huge shift’: why learning Mandarin is losing its appeal in the West

4. China’s latest pro-marriage tactic: Vegas-style weddings at music festivals

5. Why are Hong Kong eateries selling ‘poor man’s meals’ bucking closure trend?



Xi on North Korean military ties; US blacklists Chinese tech firms: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Tokyo Sézanne’s missing stars; Hongkonger shed 32kg in 8 months: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Chinese carmakers race Tesla on humanoid robots; BYD launches ‘God’s Eye’: 7 EV reads

Philippines’ deadly quake, India’s rise in critical minerals: 7 Asia highlights

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Typhoon Wipha in Hong Kong, Trump and Xi’s potential meeting: 5 weekend reads you missed

People brace against the wind at the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront as the Hong Kong Observatory issued the No 10 typhoon warning for Typhoon Wipha. Photo: Edmond So

Before Wipha, 17 tropical cyclones had triggered a No 10 warning signal since records began in 1946. Photo: Edmond So

Donald Trump pictured with Xi Jinping during his 2017 visit to China. US-China relations have fluctuated since Trump returned to the White House in January. Photo: AFP

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

A couple poses for a photo at a marriage registry booth set up at a music festival in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Photo: CCTV

Kuen Fat Kitchen is among a thriving eatery style that emerged amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Dickson Lee

Nvidia CEO on US’ Chinese brain drain, Hong Kong DSE results: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s co-founder and CEO, delivers a speech at the Computex exhibition in Taipei in May. Photo: AP

Donald Trump has threatened to deport Elon Musk and cut off his US government subsidies. Photo: EPA

Wang Haibo obtained perfect grades in his seven subjects in addition to a module on algebra and calculus in this year’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE). Photo: May Tse

An elderly woman in China has spent US$280,000 online shopping due to an addiction which has left unopened packages stacked ceiling-high at her home. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

China trims US Treasury stockpiles again, Panama Canal warning: SCMP daily highlights

Chinese yuan and US dollar banknotes. Photo: AFP

China’s overall marketisation index, a measure of the strength of the country’s market forces, is on the decline. Photo: Xinhua

The fire beetle, which is equipped with a specialised organ allowing the insect to detect faint infrared radiation from hundreds of kilometres away, has inspired Chinese technology that experts say could see applications in missile defence. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese farmer Zhang Shengwu pilots his homemade submarine in a river in Hanshan county, in China’s eastern Anhui province. He built his own “Big Black Fish” -- a homemade submarine that stay underwater for 30 minutes at a time. Photo: AFP

Chemotherapy can speed up cancer spread, Chinese study finds

Team based in China also finds that the use of specific drugs in combination with chemotherapy could be used to inhibit this process in mice, with a clinical trial already under way in breast cancer patients. Photo: AP

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From a strong typhoon in Hong Kong to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping being tipped to meet, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From a strong typhoon in Hong Kong to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping being tipped to meet, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Typhoon Wipha in Hong Kong, Trump and Xi’s potential meeting: 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 a strong typhoon in Hong Kong to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping being tipped to meet, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Typhoon Wipha: Hong Kong emerges with dozens hurt, travellers frustrated

From a strong typhoon in Hong Kong to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping being tipped to meet, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend