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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. After Apple leak, has India lost ground in its supply chain race with China?

In the wake of a cyberattack on a local Apple partner, insiders say India has a long way to go before challenging China as a manufacturer.
2. China wants unique access to minerals with Indonesia offer, analyst says

China has offered to assist Indonesia in improving its manufacturing sector and increasing the added value of its commodities, likely in a move to position Chinese companies for unique access to Indonesia’s unprocessed minerals, which Jakarta bans from export.
3. How America’s 250-year China dream became its greatest strategic challenge

Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform.
4. What a helicopter’s flight in the Taiwan Strait says about Beijing’s war plans
A People’s Liberation Army helicopter’s unprecedented flight in the Taiwan Strait has raised concerns in Taipei that Beijing is rehearsing a new kind of operation for a potential cross-strait conflict.
5. Why is a film calling for Taiwan reunification drawing fire in mainland China?

The future of a mainland Chinese film calling for reunification with Taiwan has been thrown into uncertainty as it faces a surprising backlash from nationalistic voices.


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SCMP Highlights

Customers purchase the newly launched iPhone 17 at Apple Hebbal, in Bengaluru on September 19, 2025. Photo: AFP

Illustration: Henry Wong

A nickel mining site in Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Photo: AFP

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

“The Belief” has not made it to the big screen in mainland China, despite film posters advertising a July 25 release date. Photo: Baidu

Why is a film calling for Taiwan reunification drawing fire in mainland China?

“The Belief” tells the story of the Battle of Penghu, which ultimately brought Taiwan under the Qing dynasty’s rule. Photo: Baidu

US President Donald Trump at a rally in Georgia on Wednesday, before the administration’s tariff announcement. Photo: AP

Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim pictured during his swearing-in ceremony at the Istana in Singapore in May last year. Photo: AFP

Veteran actor Patrick Tse’s career spanned seven decades. Photo: Weibo

Isabel Rose (centre) has been sentenced to six years in prison. Photo: Jonathan Wong

While the photo above captures a traditional Chinese wedding in progress, a separate hazing ritual elsewhere went tragically wrong, leaving a 20-year-old bridesmaid with a fractured vertebra. Photo: Shutterstock

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From India losing credibility in the supply chain race to China’s interest in Indonesian minerals, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From India losing credibility in the supply chain race to China’s interest in Indonesian minerals, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


Apple leak in India, China eyes Indonesia for mineral access: 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 India losing credibility in the supply chain race to China’s interest in Indonesian minerals, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. After Apple leak, has India lost ground in its supply chain race with China?

From India losing credibility in the supply chain race to China’s interest in Indonesian minerals, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend