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Debate over moon crater, cyber nationalists target maths star: 5 weekend reads

From China’s luxury hotels selling street food to a lunar science debate, here are five stories you may have missed over the weekend

Workers sew apparel at a garment workshop in Zunhua, north China’s Hebei Province. Photo: Xinhua

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1. ‘Caught off guard’: China’s garment makers cut out of US market as tariffs bite

Workers make garments at a workshop in Qiandongnan, southwest China’s Guizhou province. China’s garment industry is rapidly losing market share in the United States amid the trade war. Photo: Getty Images
Workers make garments at a workshop in Qiandongnan, southwest China’s Guizhou province. China’s garment industry is rapidly losing market share in the United States amid the trade war. Photo: Getty Images

2. How Hong Kong’s hawker rules are forcing a 92-year-old to sit all day at stall

Hawker licence holder Chan Tak-ching tends to her stall at Lai Chi Kok. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hawker licence holder Chan Tak-ching tends to her stall at Lai Chi Kok. Photo: Sun Yeung

3. Why China’s luxury hotels are selling street food to survive

Zhongwu Hotel street vendor in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on July 3, 2025. Photo: Handout
Zhongwu Hotel street vendor in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China, on July 3, 2025. Photo: Handout

4. Debate rages over ancient crater after China returns rocks from moon’s far side

A view of the moon’s surface captured by a panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft. Photo: Xinhua via AP
A view of the moon’s surface captured by a panoramic camera aboard the lander-ascender combination of China’s Chang’e-6 spacecraft. Photo: Xinhua via AP

5. Maths star Hong Wang targeted by China’s cyber nationalists for English lectures

Mathematician Hong Wang is known for helping to solve the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture – a century-old problem in geometric measure theory. Photo: NYU Courant: Institute
Mathematician Hong Wang is known for helping to solve the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture – a century-old problem in geometric measure theory. Photo: NYU Courant: Institute

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