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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. ‘Back to steam’: Trump wants US to quit electromagnetic catapult race with China Soon after China put the electromagnetic catapults on its newest aircraft carrier to the test, US President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at the “stupid electric” technology – and called for a return to steam power. 2. Trump hails ‘great success’ as Xi talks raise hopes of easing US-China tensions China and the United States have agreed to de-escalate their trade war, putting a pause on many thorny issues while making breakthroughs on soybean purchases and fentanyl tariffs. 3. Singapore’s residents raise a stink over smell from Johor’s industrial estate Earlier this month, smoke and an orange flare from a chemical plant at Pasir Gudang in eastern Johor Bahru were visible from different parts of Singapore. 4. Nexperia’s China factory cuts output as Dutch takeover deepens global chip supply tensions In a sign of worsening disruption to the global semiconductor supply chain, the main Dongguan assembly plant of Nexperia – the China-owned, Netherlands-based chipmaker – has sharply scaled down production in recent days, reducing working hours and idling one third of the machines in one part of the production area. 5. Hong Kong veteran actor ‘Benz Hung’ Hui Shiu-hung dies at age 76 Hong Kong veteran actor “Benz Hung” Hui Shiu-hung has died at the age of 76 from complications arising from cancer. 6. Singaporean executive lost 19kg in 7 months after health wake-up. How? When Terri Cheong failed the premedical check for a blood donation drive in January due to high blood pressure and high cholesterol, the Singapore-based finance executive decided to take charge of her health – and her life. “I realised how unhealthy and unfit I had become. I had let my health slip,” she says. 7. Chinese tourists ousted from Japan restaurant for wearing ‘inappropriate’ sports attire Two Chinese tourists travelling in Japan were verbally assaulted and kicked out of a popular restaurant simply for wearing sports vests and loose trousers, which the owner deemed “too revealing.”
