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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. Looks like an airship, acts like a windmill. Engineer says China on brink of turbine leap
Chinese scientists expect to soon make a breakthrough in airborne wind turbine technology, with the world’s first megawatt-level system set to take flight, according to the project team.
2. From Ferraris to felonies: son of ex-PM arrested with heroin in Malaysia

Malaysia is once again confronting uncomfortable questions about entrenched impunity after police detained the son of a former prime minister with drugs in his car in an upmarket suburb of Kuala Lumpur.
3. Cambricon: how 2 ‘genius brothers’ created China’s potential rival to Nvidia
The hottest company in China right now is Cambricon Technologies, an artificial intelligence chipmaker whose stock has surged about 10-fold over the past two years, driven by expectations that it could be a serious challenger to Nvidia in the mainland market.
4. Buyer snaps up billion-dollar Peak home as ultra wealthy defy Hong Kong’s property slump

Hong Kong recorded a billion-dollar home sale this week, another sign that ultra-wealthy customers are continuing to find choice assets even amid the city’s property slump.
5. ‘Will you leave US for China?’ It depends, mathematician Terence Tao says

Would mathematician Terence Tao consider leaving the United States for Hong Kong or mainland China in light of funding cuts under the Trump administration? “The situation is very fluid and unstable right now – far more than it has been at any previous point in the last 30 years,” Tao wrote in an email on August 21.
6. Hong Kong official, lawmaker pull out of Bitcoin Asia 2025 featuring Eric Trump
A senior Hong Kong official and a lawmaker have withdrawn from a Bitcoin Asia conference where Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, will attend, with sources confirming they were advised not to interact with the American businessman.
7. China delivery man tells US teacher ‘I love you’ in lift; pair tie knot 5 months later

A food courier in northeast China who greeted a US nursery teacher he delivered noodles to with the words “I love you” in a lift married the woman five months later.


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

Japan’s Russia concern, businesses choose Malaysia over Singapore: 7 Asia highlights

Chinese archaeologist pleads guilty, firms flee Singapore’s costs: 5 weekend reads you missed

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China’s turbine leap, a billion-dollar property sale in Hong Kong: SCMP’s 7 highlights

The Ferrari belonging to the son of a former Malaysian prime minister that police impounded after discovering heroin inside. Photo: Handout

SAWES’ system uses a helium-filled aerostat to lift lightweight power generation equipment. Photo: Handout


1 Gough Hill Road at The Peak in Hong Kong. Photo: Smart City Development

Australia-born mathematician Terence Tao became a tenured professor at UCLA at the age of 24. Photo: Masterclass

Romance flourished unexpectedly after a delivery man in China met an American nursery teacher in a lift and greeted her with the words “I love you,”; they married five months later. Photo: SCMP composite/ifeng/Jimu

China’s first high-speed jet drone, top aviation engineer leaves US: 7 science highlights

China’s first VTOL drone jet fires up its engine before a test flight. Photo: Beihang University

Scientists have long been looking for ways to make biological tissues transparent so that they can study organs without damaging their internal structures by cutting through them. Photo: Handout

A scientific paper published in China outlines changes that were made to the Chang’e-6 mission, which blasted off on board a Long March-5 rocket on May 3, 2024. Photo: Xinhua

Increased vegetation cover was linked to reduced moisture levels in the soil in some parts of the world, including parts of Australia and the US. Photo: Reuters

Malaysian state to jail Muslims for skipping prayers, India’s tax cuts: 7 Asia highlights

Customers eat local foods purchased from hawker stalls at the Newton Food Centre in Singapore. Photo: EPA-EFE

A man walks past a mosque in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia’s Terengganu state, in December last year. Photo: AFP

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un embraces a serviceman at the ceremony last week for troops sent to fight for Russia in its war against Ukraine. Photo: KCNA/KNS/AFP

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15. Photo: EPA

Seoul’s holographic police officer appears nightly between 7pm and 10pm at Jodong 3 Park. Photo: Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency

Malaysian teen plays 30 instruments, Hong Kong mooncake deals: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Belle Sisoski’s unique sonic identity has earned her more than a million followers on each of her major platforms, with her YouTube videos amassing over 100 million views. Photo: Belle Sisoski

Kowloon Shangri-La’s durian mooncakes are one of the more creative offerings this year from Hong Kong hotels, many of which have early-bird discounts in the coming days and weeks. Photo: Instagram/kowloonshangrila


A dish at Samsen in Wan Chai. Photo: Samsen

Hong Kong-based photographer Derry Ainsworth at 98kg (left) before developing severe acute pancreatitis, which saw him quit drinking, change his diet and do more exercise, dropping to 78kg (right). Photo: Derry Ainsworth

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From China’s turbine breakthrough to a billion-dollar property sale in Hong Kong, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From China’s turbine breakthrough to a billion-dollar property sale in Hong Kong, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.


China’s turbine leap, a billion-dollar property sale in Hong Kong: SCMP’s 7 highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From China’s turbine breakthrough to a billion-dollar property sale in Hong Kong, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting

1. Looks like an airship, acts like a windmill. Engineer says China on brink of turbine leap

From China’s turbine breakthrough to a billion-dollar property sale in Hong Kong, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting