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1. Why China Gelao ethnic group required women to have 1 to 2 upper teeth removed before wedding

   In China’s Gelao ethnic group, an old custom required brides to have one or two upper teeth removed before marriage, supposedly to avoid bringing harm to the groom’s family. In some cases, the missing teeth were even replaced by those of a dog for decorative purposes. The Gelao people are an ethnic group in China and Vietnam. Their estimated population in China in 2021 was more than...

2. Temperature in Hong Kong to drop to 14 degrees and remain cool till midweek

   This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Get faster notifications on the latest updates by downloading our app. Temperatures in Hong Kong are set to dip to as low as 14 degrees Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) on Sunday after a cold front moves across the coast of Guangdong province, bringing cooler...

3. China-Africa partnership leaps into the future as Beijing expands market access: envoy

   The Chinese ambassador to Rwanda said on Friday that China-Africa cooperation had expanded into forward-looking sectors such as artificial intelligence, the digital economy, green energy, fintech and sustainable development. While attending the Seventh Africa’s Business Heroes Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda, Gao Wenqi thanked entrepreneurs from China and African nations for expanding cooperation...

4. Bump in nostalgia sales, but 183-year Hong Kong umbrella shop set to fold for good

   At a packed and tiny storefront in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po, Yau Yiu-wai busily explains the best way to open and shut umbrellas to an endless stream of interested buyers. But the 73-year-old shop owner only received a bump in customers after announcing earlier this week that he would be closing down the 183-year-old family business – one of the city’s last remaining umbrella shops with repair...

5. From climate change to health, global problems need investors to step up

   People love to hate governments, and they loathe having to pay taxes. However, from now on, we’ll have to embrace more state intervention and the need for higher taxes or else legislate a more dirigiste system of directing personal savings into investment that isn’t so dependent on markets. This can be either done preemptively or in response to the next financial crisis. It goes without saying...

6. Hong Kong government ‘confident’ of finding new site to rehouse fire victims

   Hong Kong authorities have expressed confidence in swiftly identifying a location in Tai Po to build subsidised flats as part of resettlement options being reviewed for victims left homeless by the deadly inferno last month. Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun on Saturday outlined several options to resettle displaced residents in Wang Fuk Court, while underscoring the importance of...

7. ‘I’ve grown up’: Hong Kong legislator Christine Fong disavows fiery mode of politics

   Christine Fong Kwok-shan, a long-time district councillor in Hong Kong known for defending constituents’ rights with fiery and sometimes controversial political acts, has pledged to abandon her past protest methods, now that she has been elected as a lawmaker. The city’s new “Queen of Votes” in the Legislative Council election, who previously positioned herself as an independent moderate...

8. Syria’s year of ‘epic’ transformation earns it Trump’s protection

   A year after the curtain fell on the Assad regime’s five-decade reign of terror, Syria is emerging as a rare beacon of renewal in a conflict-weary region. President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadi filled with revolutionary zeal to rebuild his home after 14 years of civil war, has successfully consolidated power and won broad international recognition. Over the past 12 months, Syria has...

9. How China-built Ecowas headquarters is latest ‘concrete symbol’ of Africa ties

   China is cementing its image as a lasting partner across Africa by gifting high-profile infrastructure, such as presidential palaces and parliament buildings. A key example is the new US$32 million Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) headquarters in Abuja. Funded by China and set for handover by the end of January, this centralised complex for the 15-member bloc aims to boost...

10. China eatery owner wears mecha suit to deliver food, dubbed ‘Iron Man’ courier by netizens

    A Chinese restaurant owner has gone viral for hitting the streets in a home-made mecha suit to deliver food, earning the nickname “Chinese Iron Man” and leaving netizens in awe. The blogger known as “Gaosai Armour”, who has almost 100,000 followers on social media, recently went viral after posting a video in which he calmly walks into a milk tea shop clad in a metallic suit of armour and picks...