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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. Chinese exporters ditching shipments mid-voyage to avoid crushing Trump tariffs
Amid escalating trade tensions between China and the United States, some Chinese exporters are taking the drastic step of ditching shipments mid-voyage and surrendering containers to shipping companies to avoid crushing tariff costs.
2. Coldplay in Hong Kong: fans revel in 2½-hour show, some left wanting fireworks

British band Coldplay kicked off its concert series at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park on Tuesday, while police arrested five people over ticket scalping outside the venue.
3. Chai-yan, elder daughter of ex-Hong Kong leader CY Leung, dies at 33

Leung Chai-yan, daughter of Hong Kong’s former chief executive Leung Chun-ying, has died at the age of 33.
4. WWII bomber base enlisted for US power projection against China in the Pacific
A remote US airbase in the western Pacific – best known as the departure point for the planes that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki – has been reclaimed from the jungle to pose an asymmetrical threat to the Chinese mainland, analysts said.
5. 4 in 10 Singaporean voters have decided on PAP if election held tomorrow: survey

A new survey has found that four in 10 Singaporean voters would vote for the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) if the election were held tomorrow, while most have not decided who to vote for.
6. ‘Stop the stalking’: Japanese badminton star asks fans in China to keep distance

Japanese badminton star Chiharu Shida has pleaded with fans in China to stop stalking her, saying that she feels “very uncomfortable and very scared”.
7. ‘I’m not attracted’: why China is struggling to convince consumers to borrow
Earlier this month, China’s financial regulators announced an easing of its restrictions on consumer loans, raising the maximum loan from 300,000 yuan (US$41,300) to 500,000 yuan and extending repayment periods from five years to seven. But it is uncertain whether the move will pay off.


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SCMP Highlights

Japan athlete tells fans to stop stalking, US tariffs war turmoil: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Japan’s Chiharu Shida in action in England last month. Photo: AP

Containers at Tianjin Port on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua

Coldplay gets up close to the audience at Kai Tak Stadium. Photo: Elson Li

Leung Chai-yan, daughter of ex-city leader CY Leung, has died. Photo: Photo

Four in 10 Singaporean voters would vote for the ruling People’s Action Party, according to a survey. Photo: EPA-EFE

China’s quest for cheaper cancer cure, Comac’s quiet supersonic jet: 7 science highlights

Illustration: Brian Wang

Wang Xiaofeng, whose homes in Indiana were raided on Friday, has focused his recent research on data protection to support AI and using AI technologies to protect computing systems and 5G networks. Photo: Handout

Computer scientist Sun Huanbo has taken up a position at Peking University. Photo: Peking University

Chinese state media says geological authorities used 3D monitoring and other prospecting technologies to uncover potentially large deposits of gold. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese aerospace giant Comac has revealed the first glimpse of its quiet supersonic airliner C949. Photo: Comac

Xu Fuguo, whose research has focused on EV control engineering, started as a professor in the mechanical engineering school at Dalian University of Technology after spending years researching in the Japanese auto sector. Photo: Xinhua

China’s deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe on display aboard the research vessel in New Zealand before the expedition to the Puysegur Trench. Photo: Xinhua

Bangkok tower collapse sparks anger, Malaysia’s Hindu temples saga: 7 Asia highlights

Rescuers conduct a search for survivors on March 29 at the site of the collapsed State Audit Office tower building in Bangkok. Photo: EPA-EFE

A composite picture of satellite images shows the under-construction tower in Bangkok on December 25 (left) and after it had collapsed on Friday. Photo: Planet Labs PBC/Reuters

Vietnamese leader To Lam and US President Donald Trump spoke on the phone earlier on Friday. Photos: AFP

Debris collected in the Ishikawa prefecture city of Suzu following the Noto peninsula earthquake on 1 January 2024. Photo: Kyodo

The site of a gas pipeline fire in Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia on Tuesday. More than 100 people were injured in the blaze. Photo: Xinhua

A view of Seongsan Ilchulbong mountain on Jeju Island, South Korea. Photo: Shutterstock

A devotee at Batu Caves celebrating the 2023 Hindu festival of Thaipusam. A row has erupted over the relocation of a Hindu temple in Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Hadi Azmi

Tourists crowd the street near the popular Tsukiji fish market in central Tokyo. Photo: AFP

US diplomats in China face relationship ban, Xiaomi’s fatal car crash: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance. Photo: Chinatopix Via AP

The US embassy in Beijing is among American diplomatic outposts in China where diplomats, staff and contractors are banned from fraternising with Chinese citizens. Photo: AFP

Wang Xiaofeng, who was named a distinguished member by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2021, joined Indiana University Bloomington as an assistant professor in 2004 after receiving his PhD in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Photo: Handout

Xiaomi will cooperate with the police after an accident involving the autonomous driving feature of its SU7 electric vehicle (EV) claimed three lives. Photo: Weibo/ 南京金刀客

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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From Japanese athlete telling fans to stop stalking to the escalating US-China tariff war, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From Japanese athlete telling fans to stop stalking to the escalating US-China tariff war, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.
