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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. Tomb of Chinese emperor Liu He gives up Han dynasty battle secrets

2. Hong Kong ‘haunted house’ hosts US$700-a-head Dangerous Dinner

3. New Delhi’s 10-year-old spiritual influencer faces threats amid rising fame

4. Backlash against ‘sexy’ China athletes a reflection of traditional values: experts

5. Why a Japanese spirit has been made with Thai rice for 600 years



Taiwan losing cultural sway, Hong Kong ‘failures’: 5 weekend reads

Macron plans China visit, origins of modern humans: SCMP daily catch-up

Singapore and Malaysia spar, Chow Yun-fat hit by property market dip: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Anchoring China’s yuan, Trump invites Xi: SCMP daily catch-up

SCMP Highlights

Battle secrets of Han dynasty, Hong Kong’s ‘haunted house’: 5 weekend reads you missed

Chinese hurdler Wu Yanni is another sportswoman often called out for her appearance. Like all Chinese athletes, she has to cover her tattoos when she competes. Photo: Xinhua

Liu He’s tomb near Nanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province. Photo: Weibo/ 海昏侯

The 6,000 composite armour scales found in the tomb of Liu He offer valuable insights into Han dynasty craftsmanship. Photo: CCTV

A room in Yu Yuen, an abandoned and reputedly haunted mansion in Hong Kong, as it looked for a Dangerous Dinner hosted by interior designer Sasha Yasumoto, for which guests paid HK$5,500 a head. Photo: Sasha Yasumoto

10-year-old “spiritual influencer” Abhinav Arora. Photo: Handout

The Okinawan speciality awamori, is a spirit made from Thai rice and distilled according to a 15th century Thai recipe. Photo: Shutterstock

South Korea’s martial law, US blasts China’s export ban on key minerals: 7 highlights

Photos shared by the blogger depict a dishevelled scene, with empty food packages and various debris strewn across the three-bedroom homestay. Photo: SCMP composite/X.com

People watch as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declares martial law during a televised briefing in Seoul on December 3, 2024. Photo: AP

A Chinese military vessel fires a water cannon at a Philippine resupply boat on its way to the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea in March. Photo: Reuters

Taiwanese romance novelist Chiung Yao, who has died at the age of 86. Photo: Weibo/@会火

Edinburgh-born Simone Murphy was named as one of “dance’s future stars” for 2024 by BBC Radio 1. Photo: Instagram/sim0ne

China creates ghost radar, big-brained early hominid sparks debate: 7 science highlights

New radar technology created by Chinese scientists will help with submarine detection and also could assist communication between surface ships and submarines. Photo: QQ

Bone fragments from several individuals at the Xujiayao site in China are challenging long-held assumptions about the region’s fossil record. Photo: Wu Xiujie

Pythagorean theorem was proved hundreds of years before Euclid by an ancient Chinese mathematician. Photo: Shutterstock

Japan’s street prostitution, high-flying Malaysian student: 7 Asia highlights

A man approaches a woman near Okubo Park in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district, presumably to solicit sexual services. Photo: Eric Fior

Advertisements for a host club in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Photo: EPA-EFE

Ahmad Khidir Ahmad Nazri received five top awards for academic excellence from his school. Photo: Facebook/hengeehighschool.penang

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr shakes hands with US President Joe Biden at the White House. Photo: AP

The surge in data centre business in Johor has also driven up property transactions in the Malaysian state. Photo: EPA-EFE

The percentage of married women aged 15 to 49 without children rose from 7 per cent in 2019 to 8.2 per cent in 2022. Photo: Shutterstock

Undocumented Chinese nationals seen inside a dredger vessel off Bataan. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard

A Ukrainian soldier drives a tank during military drills at a training ground in Chernihiv region, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

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From the tomb of a Chinese emperor to a young spiritual influencer in India, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From the tomb of a Chinese emperor to a young spiritual influencer in India, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.
