Protests in Indonesia escalate, Xi calls for India-China reset: 5 weekend reads

SCMP | Sept. 1, 2025, 12:15 a.m. | Original
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tianjin on Sunday. Photo: Handout via AP

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Wang Leyao has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (Smart) as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Human Immunology. Photo: Handout
Wang Leyao has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (Smart) as a senior research fellow at the Institute of Human Immunology. Photo: Handout
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday in Tianjin. Photo: Handout
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday in Tianjin. Photo: Handout
A protester holds a portrait of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at a protest on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday. Photo: AFP
A protester holds a portrait of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at a protest on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara, on Saturday. Photo: AFP

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