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Banking & Finance
Yuan rapidly gaining ground as Chinese firms plot global expansion
Yuan’s use in cross-border payments rose 14 per cent year on year to 35 trillion yuan (US$4.9 trillion), according to the People’s Bank of China.
17 Nov 2025 - 2:38PM
China’s market regulator appears in public after resignation report
14 Nov 2025 - 12:18AM
Luxury and lifestyle giants signal confidence in China’s consumer recovery
6 Nov 2025 - 7:33PM
Banking & Finance
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Hong Kong’s financing future hinges on adapting to China’s hi-tech pivot: Huatai
To capitalise on the surge of hi-tech and biotech IPOs, Hong Kong introduced a slew of measures to speed up the listing process.
11 Oct 2025 - 10:44AM
Wang Lei, CEO of Huatai Financial Holdings. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Banking & Finance
Global giants pivot investments to China’s new-economy sectors: HSBC co-CEO
Global firms are ‘positioning China as a global market for driving innovation, consumption and growth’, HSBC co-CEO David Liao says.
9 Sep 2025 - 2:00PM
Business
Akeso shares slump despite second China approval for lung cancer drug
Chinese regulator grants second approval for lung cancer drug ivonescimab, which has outperformed Merck’s Keytruda in phase three trial.
28 Apr 2025 - 7:23PM
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China Business
Trump’s tariffs: will Chinese pharmaceutical industry feel the pain?
With biotech firms caught in the crosshairs of Trump’s tariffs, the levy could prove to be a boon for domestic producers but a bane for exporters.
12 Apr 2025 - 11:33AM
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Employees of Jiangxi Banbiantian Pharmaceutical pack medicines at the company’s plant in Jiangxi province. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
United States & Canada
US demands EU antitrust chief clarify rules reining in Big Tech
US lawmaker demands EU antitrust chief clarify how the Digital Markets Act targets US tech giants.
24 Feb 2025 - 1:05PM
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China Business
Shanghai aims for China’s carmaking crown with Toyota plant
The Japanese carmaker plans to tap the local supply chain, logistics network and talent pool to produce Lexus-branded EVs from 2027.
7 Feb 2025 - 9:16AM
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Hong Kong
HK Express pulls 2 blind people from flight, Hong Kong campaign group urges inquiry
Travellers, 34 and 27, ordered off plane before take-off for Tokyo, told by crew member they could not fly for ‘safety reasons’.
7 Jul 2024 - 10:25PM
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China Business
Swire to turn Zhangyuan’s shikumen into Shanghai’s Covent Garden
Zhangyuan biggest draw is its 43 blocks of shikumen buildings, the Shanghai architectural style that blended Western style with Chinese aesthetics.
10 Aug 2021 - 7:56PM
A cluster of traditional shikumen buildings sitting in the middle of Shanghai’s most famous shopping street Nanjing Road West, where Swire Properties and Jing’an Real Estate Group will open a high-end retail-residential-art complex in the rejuvenated century-old Zhangyuan. Photo: Swire Properties
Policy
China to punish unauthorised data sharing with overseas law enforcement
Clause will fine Chinese companies for sharing data without permission but also shields them from foreign pressure.
28 Apr 2021 - 7:14PM
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Companies
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China’s global asset shoppers brace for haircuts in forced fire sales
2 Oct 2018 - 7:24PM
Companies
Macroscope
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Healthier, more sustainable Chinese economy should present more opportunities
17 Jan 2018 - 10:40PM
China Business
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Government promises to help first-time homebuyers ... but it’s treading softly
29 Jan 2018 - 1:43PM
James Lau, Hong Kong secretary for financial services and the treasury, speaks at the 11th Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong on Monday. Photo: EPA
Big Tech
DJI introduces privacy mode, 6 weeks after US Army banned use of its products
26 Apr 2018 - 1:25PM
Politics
Communist Party expels two former senior military officials over alleged graft
28 Oct 2016 - 11:36PM
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OPINION
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Why Hong Kong must be careful about cutting university funding
20 Feb 2025 - 9:30AM
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