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1. Is the G7’s new rare earths alliance a big challenge to China?

2. How did Chen-ning Yang miss out on a second Nobel Prize in physics?

3. China to host 2026 Apec meeting in Shenzhen, ‘vigorously’ push AI cooperation

4. Hong Kong comedian Stanley Fung dies days after friend Benz Hui

5. ‘Disrespectful’ China airline hit for hiring ‘air aunties’ as flight attendants



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UAE’s Opec exit, why Japan shared Mogami warship design with India: 7 Asia highlights

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China’s rare earths challenge, Apec meeting in Shenzhen: 5 weekend reads you missed

China dominates the world’s mining and refining of rare earths. Photo: AP

A worker waters the site of a rare earth metals mine at Nancheng county, Jiangxi province. Photo: Reuters

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the first session of the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

Stanley Fung (right) and Benz Hung (left) Photo: Handout

A Chinese airline has come under fire for recruiting married women and mothers as flight attendants, and saying they are more caring. Photo: Shutterstock/Douyin

China’s Okinawa remarks challenge militarisation, not sovereignty: analysts

Okinawa is home to 32 US military bases. Photo: Getty Images

US-China defence talks, C919’s win in Brunei, more Xi-Trump summits: SCMP daily highlights

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth met Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus. Photo: X/Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

China’s home-grown C919 jetliner is seen at an airshow in Guangdong province on November 12. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, right), shakes hands with Vietnam’s President Luong Cuong at the Apec Leaders’ Meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea on Friday. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Photo: Reuters

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

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From the G7’s new rare earths alliance to China hosting next year’s Apec meeting, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From the G7’s new rare earths alliance to China hosting next year’s Apec meeting, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


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China’s rare earths challenge, Apec meeting in Shenzhen: 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 G7’s new rare earths alliance to China hosting next year’s Apec meeting, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Is the G7’s new rare earths alliance a big challenge to China?

From the G7’s new rare earths alliance to China hosting next year’s Apec meeting, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend