Iran war risks, Southeast Asia’s fuel crisis, Xinjiang’s ‘salmon’: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Emergency personnel work at the site of a residential building hit by a strike in Tehran on March 16.

Photo: Reuters We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues.

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Potential US ground operations against Iran might constrain Tehran, but the prospects for reopening the Strait of Hormuz were “highly uncertain”, Chinese analysts said.

A Japanese person who claimed to be an active officer of Japan’s Self-Defence Forces illegally and forcibly entered the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, Beijing said.

People queue to buy petrol at a station in Hanoi amid disruptions in supply and price surges due to the Iran war.

Photo: Reuters Southeast Asia is dangerously exposed to the throttling of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, which has weaponised global energy supply in an asymmetrical response to the devastating military assaults by the US and Israel.

Meltwater from snow-capped mountains is fostering an emerging trout-farming industry thousands of kilometres from the sea in western China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Hong Kong will implement the revised HK$2 (26 US cents) transport fare scheme, under which elderly residents and those with disabilities will only enjoy the flat rate for journeys costing HK$10 or less.

How’s your luck in the Year of the Horse’s second month?

Feng shui master Andrew Kwan gives his predictions for all 12 Chinese zodiac animal signs.

Photo: Shutterstock In the second month of the Year of the Fire Horse, those born under some zodiac signs may face setbacks with a hidden benefactor, while others may have to contend with gossip and fatigue.

In a heart-wrenching display of devotion, an elderly man from eastern China spent 12 hours every day for 105 days travelling to visit his wife in ho

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