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Anita Mui’s mother bankrupt again, Malaysia’s ‘chaotic sisters’: 7 highlights

Anita Mui’s mother bankrupt again, Malaysia’s ‘chaotic sisters’: 7 highlights
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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. Why US hi-tech chip restrictions could be barrier China ‘never breaks through’

The story of how Chinese scientists overcame technological containment efforts by the Soviet Union and the United States to develop nuclear weapons in the 1960s has long been a textbook staple in China, but analysts caution that today’s hi-tech hurdles could be harder to surmount.

2. Late Hong Kong star Anita Mui’s mother faces second bankruptcy

Tam Mei-kam appears at the High Court in 2012. Photo: SCMP

Tam Mei-kam appears at the High Court in 2012. Photo: SCMP

The mother of late Cantopop diva Anita Mui Yim-fong is facing the prospect of being declared bankrupt for a second time after Hong Kong’s justice minister applied to a court to have the centenarian’s assets liquidated.

3. How a Chinese firm’s project could affect Kamala Harris in US election

illustration by Lau Ka-kuen

illustration by Lau Ka-kuen
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