Bali’s tourism woes, Chinese scientists’ bamboo innovation: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Bali’s tourism woes, Chinese scientists’ bamboo innovation: SCMP’s 7 highlights

[South China Morning Post] - 02/21/2025

From Bali’s complaint about tourists being too frugal to a bamboo innovation, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.



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