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Another Memorial Day: boasts, insults, “self-defense strikes,” cheap clichés from a Secretary of War Crimes prattling about dead boys “delivered from the battlefield into the…
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Rubio looks to repair lens on US-India ties amid Quad talks, energy deals
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India this week will give Washington an opportunity to “get the optics right” regarding ties between the…
China says engineer jailed for 15 years was lured into sending aerospace secrets overseas
An aerospace engineer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for espionage, Chinese state media said while warning that the aerospace industry is a…
Eating idol’s poems: inside the wild, ancient history of Chinese fan culture
China’s fandom culture predates today’s pop idols and live-streaming celebrities by millennia.
In ancient times, fame was cultivated in the streets, restaurants, and poetry circles, where…
Hongkongers stuck for hours, as 673,000 return via land checkpoints after holiday
Thousands of Hongkongers were stuck for hours at multiple land checkpoints in what one traveller called “unprecedented” large crowds on Monday night, as more than…
Singha beer dynasty scandal, Malaysia’s sunken missile deal: 7 Asia highlights
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical…