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1. China’s military drills around Taiwan drive foreign firms to draw up exit plans for staff and assets

   Multinationals in Taiwan are not expected to leave in the short-term, but the military drills by the People’s Liberation Army have forced many to reassess vulnerabilities, analysts say.

2. Russia launches Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concerns

   Iran said the satellite fitted with high-resolution camera will be used for environmental monitoring and will remain fully under its control, but there have been allegations Russia may use it for surveillance of Ukraine amid its military action there.

3. India’s anti-gay stigma drives its monkeypox cases underground

   Health experts have warned against mislabelling monkeypox as a ‘gay disease’, comparing it to the demonisation of LGBT people for HIV/Aids.

4. Taiwan says it will seek help to stop Beijing’s military expansion

   Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu says real motive behind PLA exercises stretches far beyond Taiwan, and ‘freedom-loving nations’ must work together to stop ‘authoritarianism’.

5. 2 women lose HK$140,000 in ‘boosting sales’ job scams, as Hong Kong police warn of surge in such crimes

   So far this year, 1,625 cases of online employment scams, resulting in losses of HK$211.6 million, have been reported.

6. Alibaba shopping site Taobao rolls out voice recognition for Chinese dialects for non-Mandarin speakers

   Alibaba is moving its focus way from acquiring new users to deepening relationships with existing users, CEO Daniel Zhang said last week.

7. Elderly couple escapes fire in Hong Kong flat, 91 residents evacuated from block

   Electric appliance caught fire in the living room of 26th floor flat, says police spokesman.

8. Coronavirus: easing quarantine measures won’t increase transmission risks but Hong Kong not ready to scrap it entirely, health minister says

   New quarantine arrangement, consisting three days in a hotel and four days at home, will be implemented from Friday.

9. No plans to waive stamp duty for mainland Chinese home buyers in Hong Kong, city’s finance chief says in rejecting media reports quoting top adviser

   Executive Council member Regina Ip earlier told Bloomberg move could be considered as a way to shore up economy and reverse brain drain.

10. Once China’s answer to ‘oil in the Middle East’, rare earths mining is making Myanmar a ‘sacrifice zone’

    The US offshored its rare earths mining to China in the 1980s and Deng Xiaoping once called it his country’s answer to ‘oil in the Middle East’. But now thousands of miners have streamed across the border to northern Myanmar, where fish no longer swim in the rivers and the water is unsafe to drink.