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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. Hong Kong Legco election’s 31.9% turnout surpasses record low of 2021

2. Tokyo accuses Chinese fighters of locking on Japanese jets northeast of Taiwan

3. Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s

4. The great slowdown: Germany at a standstill as ‘China shock’ hits

5. Chinese girl born with blonde hair, blue eyes due to Russian great-grandfather



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Hong Kong Legco election, potential Parkinson’s treatment: 5 weekend reads you missed

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Supporters gather outside the Election Committee Constituency Polling Station at HKCEC in Wan Chai. Photo: Sam Tsang

Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang (second left), and Electoral Affairs Commission chief Justice David Lok empty a ballot box. Photo: Sam Tsang 

A Chinese J-15 fighter jet prepares to land on the Liaoning aircraft carrier in this photo released in December 2021. Tokyo says fighters like these locked on Japanese jets in a rare military encounter on Saturday. Photo: AP 

Chinese medical experts have created an ultra-efficient stem cell treatment for Parkinson’s disease that has achieved remarkable results in clinical trials. Picture: Shutterstock Images

Illustration: Brian Wang

A couple in Jiangsu province said their daughter has blonde hair and blue eyes because her paternal great-grandfather was Russian. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Plate expectations: why China’s pre-made meal boom is hard to swallow

Pre-made meals are taking off in China, but many diners are increasingly incensed about the premium prices and lack of disclosure. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s Xibei restaurant chain has found itself at the centre of a public controversy. Photo: Getty Images

Shenzhen, China’s land-starved tech hub, making space by moving massive landfill

Densely packed Shenzhen is rapidly running out of room for development. Photo: Eugene Lee

Relocation work proceeds at the massive landfill in Shenzhen’s Luohu district. Photo: Weibo

UK film on Hong Kong immigrants, top travel trends for 2026: 7 Lifestyle highlights

Franz Ferdinand’s frontman, lead vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Kapranos remembers a “really, really good” energy with the Hong Kong crowd and loves “how international the audiences tend to be”, especially at Clockenflap, where the band headlined in 2013. Photo: Clockenflap

Sylvia Chang in a still from Soursweet (1988). Film4’s drama about a Hong Kong family trying to make a new life in London was written by Ian McEwan and directed by Mike Newell, and had almost no Chinese people behind the camera.

A one-night-only “Dangerous Dinner” revived an abandoned floating restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: Bill Brewer, Michelle Raquel and Michael Perini

Franz Ferdinand’s lead vocalist and lead guitarist Alex Kapranos will return to Hong Kong in December with the band to perform at Clockenflap 2025. Photo: Clockenflap

Ali Abdaal, a former doctor who is now a digital creator, entrepreneur and YouTube star, sits at a cafe in Causeway Bay. Abdaal will speak at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Amphitheatre on December 8 to explain how to make 2026 “the best year of your life”. Photo: Nora Tam

Recent research suggests psilocybin, the psychedelic found in magic mushrooms, could prolong life by improving mental health, reducing oxidative stress and improving DNA repair responses. Photo: Shutterstock

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From Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election to Germany’s stagnant economy, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election to Germany’s stagnant economy, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Hong Kong Legco election, potential Parkinson’s treatment: 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 Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election to Germany’s stagnant economy, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Hong Kong Legco election’s 31.9% turnout surpasses record low of 2021

2. Tokyo accuses Chinese fighters of locking on Japanese jets northeast of Taiwan

3. Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s

From Hong Kong’s Legislative Council election to Germany’s stagnant economy, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend