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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. ‘Back to steam’: Trump wants US to quit electromagnetic catapult race with China

Soon after China put the electromagnetic catapults on its newest aircraft carrier to the test, US President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at the “stupid electric” technology – and called for a return to steam power.
2. Trump hails ‘great success’ as Xi talks raise hopes of easing US-China tensions
China and the United States have agreed to de-escalate their trade war, putting a pause on many thorny issues while making breakthroughs on soybean purchases and fentanyl tariffs.
3. Singapore’s residents raise a stink over smell from Johor’s industrial estate

Earlier this month, smoke and an orange flare from a chemical plant at Pasir Gudang in eastern Johor Bahru were visible from different parts of Singapore.
4. Nexperia’s China factory cuts output as Dutch takeover deepens global chip supply tensions
In a sign of worsening disruption to the global semiconductor supply chain, the main Dongguan assembly plant of Nexperia – the China-owned, Netherlands-based chipmaker – has sharply scaled down production in recent days, reducing working hours and idling one third of the machines in one part of the production area.
5. Hong Kong veteran actor ‘Benz Hung’ Hui Shiu-hung dies at age 76

Hong Kong veteran actor “Benz Hung” Hui Shiu-hung has died at the age of 76 from complications arising from cancer.
6. Singaporean executive lost 19kg in 7 months after health wake-up. How?

When Terri Cheong failed the premedical check for a blood donation drive in January due to high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the Singapore-based finance executive decided to take charge of her health – and her life. “I realised how unhealthy and unfit I had become. I had let my health slip,” she says.
7. Chinese tourists ousted from Japan restaurant for wearing ‘inappropriate’ sports attire

Two Chinese tourists travelling in Japan were verbally assaulted and kicked out of a popular restaurant simply for wearing sports vests and loose trousers, which the owner deemed “too revealing.”


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SCMP Highlights

Trump hails ‘great success’ with Xi; smell from Johor factories: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Terri Cheong saw her weight fall 19kg from February 2025 (left) to September 2025 (right) through strength training and a diet overhaul. Photo: Ultimate Performance

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting in Busan, South Korea, on October 30. Photo: Reuters

President Donald Trump called for a return to steam-powered launch systems on aircraft carriers, telling sailors that “I love the sight of that beautiful steam pouring off that deck”. Photo: US Navy

A view of a flare from a chemical plant at Pasir Gudang in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from an estate in Singapore. Photo: Facebook/Anne Yong

Hui Shiu-hung had appeared in numerous TV dramas and films in Hong Kong since the 1970s. Photo: Instagram/benz_hui

A Chinese tourist and her friend were kicked out of a restaurant in Japan because they were wearing sports attire, and deemed inappropriate by the owner. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/RedNote

Philippines quake fears, Japan tourism more expensive: 7 Asia highlights

Tourists take pictures as cloud-clad Mount Fuji is seen in the background from Oishi park in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture on October 18. Photo: AFP

Locals look for items in a collapsed house in Manay, in the province of Davao Oriental on October 11, after two powerful quakes struck off the southern Philippines on October 10. Photo: AFP


Tourists take pictures as cloud-clad Mount Fuji is seen in the background from Oishi park in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

Damiral Imran said he spent around 1.62 million ringgit on his Pokemon card collection. Photo: Facebook/damiral.imran.3

Shipping containers are stacked at Port Klang in Malaysia. Photo: AP

China’s Song dynasty, the origin of witch hats: 5 Lifestyle highlights

Grand Marshal Zhao Kuangyin is proclaimed Emperor of the Song Dynasty on the battlefield after the Chenqiao mutiny in 960 in an illustration from Hutchinson’s History of the Nations, published in 1915. Photo: Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Princess of Xiaohe is one of the most famous mummies found in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, China. Can the origins of the modern witch hat be traced to this region? Photo: Xinjiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Steamed “unforgettable” empurau fish belly at Jiang Shun Seafood Restaurant, in Shunde. Hong Kong chef Silas Li calls the area in Foshan, Guangdong province, his second home. Photo: Hei-kiu Au

Myanmar scam farm ‘worse than death’, China’s superfast analogue AI chip: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Illustration by Lau Ka-kuen

Chinese scientists say they have created a superfast analogue chip that can solve complex maths problems for advanced scientific tasks and artificial intelligence. Photo: Shutterstock

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Yap Shing Xuen, 16, died at a school in Malaysia on October 14. Photo: Facebook

Apple CEO Tim Cook poses for a selfie with photographer Trunk Xu and Vogue China editorial director Rocco Liu in Beijing. Photo: Weibo

The Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship and a Long March-2F carrier rocket are transferred to the launch area in October 2024. Zhao Ruian’s work helped in the development of the launch vehicle for the Shenzhou crewed space programme. Photo: Xinhua

A shop clerk accidentally broke jade bangles worth over 1 million yuan, but the owner chose not to seek compensation. Photo: Douyin

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From Chinese tourists being ousted over attire to Singaporean executive’s weight loss, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From Chinese tourists being ousted over attire to Singaporean executive’s weight loss, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.


Trump hails ‘great success’ with Xi; smell from Johor factories: 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 Chinese tourists being ousted over attire to Singaporean executive’s weight loss, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting

1. ‘Back to steam’: Trump wants US to quit electromagnetic catapult race with China

From Chinese tourists being ousted over attire to Singaporean executive’s weight loss, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting