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Qianhai bypassed as firms head for Shanghai Free-trade Zone

1 Oct 2013

Qianhai first, Hong Kong next? While Hong Kong officials have been concerned about the impact of Shanghai's free-trade zone, it seems it is already stealing business from Qianhai.

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Where was Li Keqiang at the opening ceremony of Shanghai free-trade zone?

30 Sep 2013

Yesterday, the Shanghai free-trade zone was officially launched. To the disappointment of some, the highest-ranking official from Beijing at the ceremony in the new zone was Commerce Minister Gao...

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Li warning heats up Hong Kong-Shanghai debate

19 Sep 2013

Hong Kong dealmaker par excellence Li Ka-shing, fondly known to locals as Superman, says Shanghai's free-trade zone could be Kryptonite to the city in which he built his fortune.

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HSBC and Standard Chartered among first Shanghai free-trade zone banks

10 Sep 2013

HSBC and Standard Chartered are expected to be among the first batch of foreign banks to offer a wide range of banking services in the mainland's first free-trade zone, in Shanghai, with Beijing...

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Shanghai free-trade zone may be extended to cover Pudong

5 Sep 2013

The central government may eventually expand its proposed Hong Kong-like free-trade zone in Shanghai to cover the entire Pudong district, government sources say.

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Shanghai vice mayor Ai Baojun to head up free-trade zone later this month

3 Sep 2013

Government sources familiar with the plan told the South China Morning Post that it will launch on September 27, when senior central government officials will fly to the city to attend a ceremony...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Rankings belie the real purpose of universities: to educate

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12:54AM

Howard Winn

Way to go

2:01AM

Hope highlights the divide between Hong Kong and Shanghai

People always like to compare Hong Kong and Shanghai, partly due to the interplay between the two cities since the 1940s, when many wealthy Shanghai families relocated to Hong Kong.

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Why the children of many important people are in Hong Kong

The sons and daughters and even the grandsons and granddaughters of those who are or used to be in very powerful positions in China have recently grabbed public attention again, thanks to some so-...

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Hong Kong's prospects bright even with competition from Shanghai

If you have read this column every Monday over the past year, I guess you would feel that we have talked quite a lot about the historic and present-day interplay of Shanghai and Hong Kong. That's...

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EXPANSION

CIMB puts China at heart of growth push

Regional banking group CIMB, which acquired key Asian assets of Royal Bank of Scotland last year, is targeting China for rapid business expansion outside its home market in Malaysia.

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FOCUS

Shanghai's Disney park major beneficiary of HK$314b Agbank loan

The Agricultural Bank of China has just sprinkled a lot of magic over Shanghai in the form of a huge loan, and the beneficiaries will include Mickey and Minnie and friends.

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MR. SHANGKONG

Hong Kong need not fret too much, for now, about northern pretender

When Beijing announced last month its landmark plan to create a Hong Kong-like free-trade zone in Shanghai, many people, including myself, naturally felt Hong Kong's position as one of the world's...

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