Japan trip refunds after PM’s remark, miners hit gold in China: 5 weekend reads

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1. Airlines offer Japan trip refunds as row over Takaichi’s Taiwan comments deepens

2. Nexperia civil war erupts as Chinese and Dutch arms trade blows

3. Why Singapore’s PAP is taking aim at opposition WP so soon after an election

4. Why China studies scholars in the West have been left in ‘crisis’…