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Huang denies stock price manipulation, investing in vaccine maker

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Tencent reports profit decline on lower gaming revenue, investment gains

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Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain plans up to US$3 billion IPO

Sanya, a popular tourist destination pictured above on China’s southern Hainan Island, saw home prices jump 3.7 per cent in July over the previous month. Photo: SCMP

China’s runaway home prices defy gravity amid record gains in July

Homebuyers faced higher prices in July in a record 65 cities of the 70 cities surveyed by the government

15 Aug 2018 - 4:31pm More on China home price

Tencent surpassed US$500 billion in market value last year, becoming the first Asian company to achieve the distinction. But its shares have declined from a January record on concerns about a slowing gaming business

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Tencent reports profit decline on lower gaming revenue, investment gains

15 Aug 2018 - 7:46pm 2 More on Tencent

Under its currency board system, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority must keep the local currency within a trading range between 7.75 to 7.85 per dollar. Above: an employee counts Hong Kong one thousand dollar banknotes. Photo: Bloomberg

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Hong Kong bolsters dollar, sending key rate close to tipping point

15 Aug 2018 - 6:50pm 4 More on Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

Alibaba offers cloud computing for Southeast Asia’s retailers to embrace digitisation and big data

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The solution for digital retailing in Southeast Asia resides in the cloud

15 Aug 2018 - 7:25pm More on Ecommerce

A watermelon vendor looks at yuan banknotes at a market in Changzhi, Shanxi province. The Chinese currency on Wednesday weakened to a 20-month low. Photo: Reuters

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Yuan outlook cloudy as currency falls to 20-month low

15 Aug 2018 - 6:38pm More on Yuan

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Xinjiang bond default is the latest distress sign in China’s finances

China freezes approving new games amid shake-up in key agencies

Tightening regulations makes fintechs easy takeover targets

Could Macau’s home prices catch Hong Kong’s when bridge opens?

Co-living becomes quite the rage among Hong Kong’s young professionals

Mainland developers at risk for losses in Hong Kong

Equity-backed mergers stall as investors put deals off amid trade war

China’s smartphone giants target India with new sub-brands

He becomes the latest Chinese A-list movie star under fire over finances as Beijing turns up the heat on celebrities

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Huang denies stock price manipulation, investing in vaccine maker

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 7:24pm 2

Beijing-based Bitmain is estimated to control as much as 80 per cent of the global market for cryptocurrency mining gear

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Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain plans up to US$3 billion IPO

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 5:58pm

China’s Ministry of Justice last week said it was seeking consultation from the public over banning the expansion of companies in the non-profit school sector through mergers and acquisitions, by additions to franchise chains or by partnerships in management. Photo: Simon Song

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Chinese education shares dive again on policy uncertainty

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 7:22pm

Japanese central bank’s policy inaction increases the allure of dollar-yen carry trade

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Bank of Japan’s inaction increases the appeal of dollar-yen carry trade

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 4:26pm

People walk past a poster featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping with a slogan reading "Chinese Dream, People's Dream" in Beijing. Xi’s medium-to-long-term plans, in particular its plan to move up the value chain and compete directly with the US in manufacturing through the Made in China 2025 campaign, are the true targets of the US trade war, rather than trade imbalances. Photo: AFP

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China needs to be ready as the trade war goes from bad to worse

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 2:31pm 14

Tencent shares fall for a fourth day, wiping out US$45.6 billion in social network’s market value

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Tencent's share plunge could be start of sell-off in China's tech sector

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 5:53pm 3

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China needs to be ready as the trade war goes from bad to worse

15 Aug 2018 - 2:31pm 14

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the Indo-Pacific Business Forum at the US Chamber of Commerce on July 30 in Washington, where he delivered a keynote address on American's Indo-Pacific economic vision. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

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The US plan to fight China’s ascent in Asia takes shape

14 Aug 2018 - 10:28pm 44

Douglas Woo Chun-kuen, Chairman and Managing Director of Wheelock, attends Wheelock interim result at Landmark Mandarin Oriental in Central. 14AUG18 SCMP / Roy Issa

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Wheelock sees clouds ahead as rate rise and trade war ripple through property market

14 Aug 2018 - 11:05pm

China’s retail sales growth slowed more than expected in July. Photo: AFP

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China’s July economic data points to further slowing

15 Aug 2018 - 9:35am 27

Tomatoes drying at a facility of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. A company controlled by the Corps has defaulted of a bond. Photo: Xinjiang

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Xinjiang bond default is the latest distress sign in China’s finances

15 Aug 2018 - 9:25am 4

Chinese authorities crack down on tax dodges, illegal capital remittances by celebrities

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China cracks down on tax dodges by nation’s highest-paid celebrities

14 Aug 2018 - 9:11am 21

Other rivals however deny that they engage in such behaviour, saying they abide by rules set by the industry watchdog

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Fake listings are rampant in Hong Kong, property agent says

14 Aug 2018 - 11:05pm 18

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Workers at a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility of China Resources Gas (CR Gas) in Xiangyang in Hubei province, on July 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters

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This is not hot air: China’s tariff on US LNG adds to consumers’ costs

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Weaker economic growth weighed on the Hong Kong and Chinese stock markets on Tuesday. China’s fixed asset investments grew 5.5 per cent in the first seven months, lower than the projected 6 per cent. Photo: Xinhua

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Hong Kong stocks slip as China’s data misses forecasts, Sunny Optical plunges

14 Aug 2018 - 5:38pm 2

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Chinese education shares dive again on policy uncertainty

Shares of mainland educational companies fell again after yesterday’s rebound because of growing uncertainty over a rapidly growing sector that may face tightened regulatory oversight.

15 Aug 2018 - 7:22pm More on Stocks

China’s fintech businesses has grown by leaps and bounds since 2011 buoyed by the leadership’s efforts to expand financing services to small companies and individuals. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo

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Tightening regulations makes fintechs easy takeover targets

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 11:19am

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Xinjiang bond default is the latest distress sign in China’s finances

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 9:25am 4

During the first half private equity activity was robust in the Greater Bay area, which links Hong Kong and Shenzhen (pictured above) with nine Chinese cities into an integrated economic and business hub. Photo: Roy Issa

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Equity-backed mergers stall as investors put deals off amid trade war

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 8:28am

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Wheelock sees clouds ahead as rate rise and trade war ripple through property market

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 11:05pm

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China’s July economic data points to further slowing

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 9:35am 27

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Fila brand a winner for Chinese sportswear retailer Anta as first-half profit jumps

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 10:43pm

The National Radio and Television Administration has not granted licenses for about four months, while the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has made game registration procedures more stringent

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China freezes approving new games amid shake-up in key agencies

15 Aug 2018 - 12:29pm More on Video gaming

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Tencent's share plunge could be start of sell-off in China's tech sector

15 Aug 2018 - 5:53pm 3 More on Tencent

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China Everbright International surprises with rights issue announcement

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Sunny Optical shares post biggest fall on record after company misses profit forecasts

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China’s July economic data points to further slowing

15 Aug 2018 - 9:35am 27 More on China economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 26, 2018. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Ye

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China’s financial help to Turkey will not turn around the troubled lira

Monday, 13 August, 2018, 11:21pm 35

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Hong Kong stocks slip as China’s data misses forecasts, Sunny Optical plunges

14 Aug 2018 - 5:38pm 2 More on China stock market

Mainland property stocks, including China Evergrande Group, got a further boost last week when two state-owned banks in Shanghai lowered their first-home mortgage rates to help prop up the property market. Photo: Imaginechina

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Investor euphoria in China Evergrande rubs off on property sector

Sunday, 12 August, 2018, 10:41pm

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White Rabbit candy maker goes toe-to-toe with Shanghai Disney

Bank of East Asia, China Merchants Port ejected from Hang Seng Index

Hong Kong stocks fall to snap a four-day gain; hit by Turkish crisis

Tech stocks rise after Beijing revamps IT sector central planning

China removes damp squib from market to soothe frayed nerves

Wharf’s profit falls by two thirds amid weak home sales in China

China’s No 2 chip maker expects little impact from trade war after solid first half

The Cheung Kong building in Hong Kong’s Central district. CK Hutchison, the flagship company of Cheung Kong Group, reported a rise in profit in the first half of 2018. Photo: Nora Tam

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Victor Li delivers a solid debut as Hutchison chief with first-half profit

Thursday, 2 August, 2018, 11:12pm READ NOW

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Bank of Japan’s inaction increases the appeal of dollar-yen carry trade

15 Aug 2018 - 4:26pm More on Currencies

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China’s financial help to Turkey will not turn around the troubled lira

Monday, 13 August, 2018, 11:21pm 35

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China’s July economic data points to further slowing

15 Aug 2018 - 9:35am 27 More on China economy

Beijing's newly-built and still expanding central business district. Photo: Reuters

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US proptech fund Fifth Wall attracts Hong Kong, Asian interest

Sunday, 12 August, 2018, 11:01pm

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Asia’s central banks are calling for ‘time out’ on the easy-money party

In times of trade war, some US companies get creative to avoid tariffs

China’s reversal on taxing American crude shows US role in oil market

China’s progress is only a ‘national security issue’ if we make it so

CEOs buckle in for a bumpy ride as US-China trade war gains traction

Trade war moves into the bedroom as China targets US condoms

US regulators scupper another Chinese acquisition

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Huang denies stock price manipulation, investing in vaccine maker

15 Aug 2018 - 7:24pm 2 More on China economy

WH Group’s first half profit fell on lower margins earned by its US business. Photo: Reuters

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Profit of China’s top ‘butcher’ falls as trade war hurts US business

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 10:43pm 5

Like many other Chinese cities, Changde has been on an infrastructure spending spree that went well beyond what the government could afford

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China's debt mountain: what happens when the money stops flowing?

15 Aug 2018 - 11:31am 71 More on China economy

Brazilian farmers are swapping sugar for soybeans as demand from China soars because of its trade war with the US. Photo: Bloomberg

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China-US trade war has Brazilian farmers dumping sugar for soy

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 11:03pm 2

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China’s financial help to Turkey will not turn around the troubled lira

China cracks down on tax dodges by nation’s highest-paid celebrities

Middle class won't help China spend its way out of trade war

China faces a problem in getting nation’s banks to lend more money

Why Facebook, Google’s China dream will cost more than it pays

Shares of Chinese makers of lower-priced baijiu liquor are outperforming those of premium brands, in the so-called consumption downgrade. Photo: EPA

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Liquor and pickles the new flavours for investors as China’s consumers tighten purse strings

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 9:00am 1

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Huang denies stock price manipulation, investing in vaccine maker

15 Aug 2018 - 7:24pm 2 More on China economy

A house for sale in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photo: AP

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New Zealand bars foreign homebuyers: Chinese banned but Singaporeans OK

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 5:14pm 10

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Xi Jinping’s favourite baozi shop eyes stock market listing

Police thwart rally by victims of China’s underground lending system

Forget US-China trade war tariffs, this is what really worries Asia

China has no idea how to play Trump

US targets Chinese companies in US$716 billion bill after ZTE debacle

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Profit of China’s top ‘butcher’ falls as trade war hurts US business

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 10:43pm 5

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Liquor and pickles the new flavours for investors as China’s consumers tighten purse strings

Tuesday, 14 August, 2018, 9:00am 1

Economist Richard Duncan cautions that China can’t possibly meet the demands on trade laid out by the Trump administration; warns of dire outcome for global economy

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Podcast: Trump’s tariffs may be a turning point and end of globalisation

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China’s runaway home prices defy gravity amid record gains in July

15 Aug 2018 - 4:31pm

Little things, such as clothes hangers made out of old water-pipes, a wooden ceiling and small paintings, coupled with modern elements, make even the smallest flats more homey

Co-living becomes quite the rage among Hong Kong’s young professionals

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 7:56pm 1

Property prices in Macau, pictured, have been closing in on Hong Kong’s since crashing after the financial crisis 10 years ago. Photo: AFP

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Could Macau’s home prices catch Hong Kong’s when bridge opens?

15 Aug 2018 - 4:29pm 5

China Evergrande Group has applied to begin selling in its 1,982-unit development at 8 Kwun Chui Road in Tuen Mun. Photo: SCMP/Edward Wong

Mainland developers at risk for losses in Hong Kong

Wednesday, 15 August, 2018, 8:07am 3

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