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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. Human microbiome scientist Wang Leyao leaves US government agency for China

2. Xi to Modi: don’t let the border dispute define China-India relations

3. Indonesia’s nationwide protests turn into violent backlash against elite rule

4. Trump’s tariffs illegal, US appeal court rules, in blow to trade war strategy

5. Will Singapore’s PAP rule forever?



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

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

SCMP Highlights

Xi calls for India-China reset, top scientist leaves US agency: 5 weekend reads you missed

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tianjin on Sunday. Photo: Handout via AP

Wang Leyao has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (Smart) as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Human Immunology. Photo: Handout

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday in Tianjin. Photo: Handout

A protester holds a portrait of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at a protest on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

US President Donald Trump, seen on Monday, has suffered a setback in his trade war plans, after a court ruled that he could not bypass Congress in applying tariffs. Photo: AP

Supporters of the ruling People’s Action Party gather at a nomination centre in Singapore on April 23 ahead of the May 3 general election. The PAP has ruled Singapore for 66 years. Photo: EPA-EFE

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

How China could turn Paracel Islands into submarine kill zone in South China Sea

Aerial view of a reef that is part of the contested Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Getty Images

The blue squares mark the sonar blind spots in a Paracel Islands seamount that can reduce the chance of detection to below 20 per cent. Photo: PLA Dalian Navy Academy, HEU

US Open: Hong Kong’s Coleman Wong eyes top 100 spot after 5-set battle with Rublev

Coleman Wong stares down Andrey Rublev, after winning a point during their third round clash at the US Open. Photo: AP

Andrey Rublev struggled to keep his temper at times. Photo: Reuters

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From the Singaporean PAP’s dominance to a US ruling on Trump’s tariffs, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From the Singaporean PAP’s dominance to a US ruling on Trump’s tariffs, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Xi calls for India-China reset, top scientist leaves US agency: 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 the Singaporean PAP’s dominance to a US ruling on Trump’s tariffs, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Human microbiome scientist Wang Leyao leaves US government agency for China

From the Singaporean PAP’s dominance to a US ruling on Trump’s tariffs, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend