ASEAN kicks off its first-ever joint military drills in Indonesia https://ift.tt/t9w4Fr8

Starbucks opens US$220 million plant outside Shanghai https://ift.tt/SVf1kFJ

China’s ex-foreign minister Qin Gang was ousted after alleged affair: Report https://ift.tt/T4YwZfm

How Hong Kong became a fencing powerhouse and cheered up a city https://ift.tt/Frf7edx

G7 ministers call on China to press Russia to stop aggression in Ukraine https://ift.tt/ZvUzCOg

Thailand records 19 million foreign tourists so far this year https://ift.tt/jvbyg8S

Country Garden, Sunac debt deals bring respite for China’s property sector https://ift.tt/fp1IjWA

Russia hails ‘similarity’ of China’s position on US, Ukraine https://ift.tt/X1NGc3J

India dismisses as ‘absurd’ Canada’s accusation on Sikh leader’s murder https://ift.tt/W0nZdoe

Fewer ‘I dos’ ruin the party for China’s US$500 billion wedding industry https://ift.tt/NCPcf3e