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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. Top Chinese nuclear, radar and missile experts vanish from engineering body site

2. The US is shifting THAAD to the Middle East. What does that mean for China?

3. Hong Kong OpenClaw users say tool is helpful ‘family member’ who must be watched

4. Inside the coconut cartel: how Chinese money squeezes Thai farmers

5. Chinese single mum turns US$100 into a multi-million yuan clothing brand



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China defence experts vanish online, Thai coconut cartel crisis: 5 weekend reads you missed

Thai coconut farmer Lamduan Haochareon. Photo: Aidan Jones

The profiles of (from left) Wu Manqing, Zhao Xiangeng, and Wei Yiyin have disappeared from the website of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Photo: Handout

A THAAD interceptor launching from the Marshall Islands in 2019. The US is reportedly moving parts of its THAAD system from South Korea to the Middle East. Photo: Handout

A man holds a placard featuring OpenClaw in Beijing. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent framework that performs real-world tasks for users, much like a supercharged digital assistant. Photo: AFP

A single mother in China who started with next to nothing running a street stall now runs a successful “new Chinese-style clothing” brand which rakes in tens of millions a year. Photo: Weibo

China’s arms imports plummet, Hong Kong couple’s HK$50,000 Dubai exit: SCMP’s 7 highlights

China’s share of global arms imports is waning as it uses more of its own technology. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

A United States Air Force B-2 stealth strategic bomber. Photo: Handout

Patriot missile launchers are seen deployed at a US military base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Sunday. Photo: Yonhap/AFP

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to have a constellation of up to a million satellites operating as orbital data centres. Pictured is the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9. File photo: SpaceX/TNS

A 10-year-old girl in China has moved many people online with a farewell note to her migrant worker parents, offering them US$120 of her lai see money to treat themselves. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin

Iran war highlights US defence gaps; mathematician returns to China: 7 science highlights

Missile debris falls after Israeli air defence systems launched interceptor missiles over Tel Aviv, Israel on Sunday. Photo: Xinhua


The bamboo-based unmanned aerial vehicle’s maiden flight took place in February, researchers said. Photo: Xinhua

Jiang Jianfeng says the decision to return to his home country is a “natural choice”. Photo: Handout

Duan Baoyan theorises that microwave beams from outer space could “alter regional atmospheric circulation and change a typhoon’s intensity and path”. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s US$24 billion seaport push; war on Iran as ‘wake-up call’: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Dujduan Ketsaro with her two grooms, Roman and Macky. Photo: Facebook

Smoke rises in central Tehran after an Israeli attack in Iran. Photo: EPA


More than 1,700 investors have completed their commitments and received formal approval from the Immigration Department. Photo: Jelly Tse

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From Hongkongers embracing OpenClaw to Thailand’s coconut cartel, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend


From Hongkongers embracing OpenClaw to Thailand’s coconut cartel, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend.


China defence experts vanish online, Thai coconut cartel crisis: 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 Hongkongers embracing OpenClaw to Thailand’s coconut cartel, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

1. Top Chinese nuclear, radar and missile experts vanish from engineering body site

2. The US is shifting THAAD to the Middle East. What does that mean for China?

3. Hong Kong OpenClaw users say tool is helpful ‘family member’ who must be watched

From Hongkongers embracing OpenClaw to Thailand’s coconut cartel, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend