China’s missile breakthrough, PhD refugees from US, Bali tax: 5 weekend reads you missed

SCMP | Feb. 23, 2025, 11 p.m. | Original

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft experienced helium leaks which stranded two Nasa astronauts at the International Space Station. Now Chinese scientists have used the situation to come up with a scientific breakthrough. Photo: Nasa via AP

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China’s Long March-5 rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province. Photo: Xinhua
China’s Long March-5 rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province. Photo: Xinhua
Fudan University is one of several institutions coming up with innovative ways to attract overseas Chinese students, amid funding cuts and admissions pauses in the US. Photo: Xinhua
Fudan University is one of several institutions coming up with innovative ways to attract overseas Chinese students, amid funding cuts and admissions pauses in the US. Photo: Xinhua
Tourists wander at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia, on February 3. Bali welcomed 6.3 million foreign tourists last year. Photo: EPA-EFE
Tourists wander at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia, on February 3. Bali welcomed 6.3 million foreign tourists last year. Photo: EPA-EFE

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