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Last year, Mao Geping Cosmetics opened its first outlet in Hong Kong at Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Li Cao

Business

Hong Kong to see more mainland Chinese brands enter retail market, analysts say

In the first four months of the year, more than one fifth of new entrants in the city’s retail market were mainland brands, according to JLL.

How Hong Kong investors can gain exposure to SpaceX’s record-breaking US$75b IPO

Middle East tensions complicate Beijing’s push to curb China solar overcapacity

China Business

SHKP sells out latest flats in Tsuen Wan as Hong Kong market continues recovery

Centaline attributes the positive mood to improving China-US relations, solid economic data and policies that encourage talent inflow.

Sun Hung Kai Properties sold all 87 units on offer at the Lime Spark project in Tsuen Wan on Saturday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Sun Hung Kai Properties sold all 87 units on offer at the Lime Spark project in Tsuen Wan on Saturday. Photo: Eugene Lee

China Economy

China told the solar industry to cut capacity. Firms built new factories anyway

Beijing has been striving to rein in severe overcapacity in the solar industry. But the sector is still plagued by illegal facilities, an insider says.

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Banking & Finance

China’s property developers seek semiconductor salvation with chip side-hustles

Unprofitable real estate firms see shares soar after buying into silicon assets, and analysts weigh whether it is a safe bet or banking on a big bailout.

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China Business

SpaceX share sale won’t drain Hong Kong IPO boom, JPMorgan says

Bank sees strong demand for Chinese AI, robotics and healthcare listings despite SpaceX’s projected record-breaking IPO in the US.

A SpaceX rocket lifts off at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: Reuters
A SpaceX rocket lifts off at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo: Reuters

China Business

China AI firms Zhipu, MiniMax to join Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index

Additions to the benchmark Hang Seng Index, meanwhile, increase the number of constituents to 93 as the bourse operator presses ahead with expansion to 100.

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Banking & Finance

Standard Chartered CEO apologises for ‘lower-value human capital’ remarks

Winters expresses regret for his choice of words describing how AI would replace some workers at the lender.

China Business

China cracks down on Tiger and Futu for illegal cross-border stock trading

ADRs of Tiger Brokers’ owner and Futu’s US-listed shares plunge after the suspension of their stockbroking businesses on the mainland.

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A Tiger Brokers mobile app. Photo: SCMP

Tech Trends

China’s biggest contract chipmaker clears final hurdle for US$6 billion takeover

SMNC is to become a wholly owned subsidiary of SMIC, boosting the semiconductor manufacturer’s prowess and market position.

An electronic board shows stock prices in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
An electronic board shows stock prices in the Lujiazui financial district of Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters

China Business

Why more Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies are building cash buffers

Cash holdings rise among traditional firms listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai as productive places to deploy capital dwindle, analysts say.

Business

AI boom fuels US$11.6b data centre investment surge in Asia-Pacific

Adoption remains selective as some landlords are still cautious, especially when tenant credit profiles are less established.

China Business

SpaceX’s US$75 billion IPO sparks liquidity fears as Fed rate-increase odds rise

The blockbuster offering’s repercussions could be far-reaching, drawing capital away from Hong Kong and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

The SpaceX Starship sits on the launch pad ahead of its sixth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on November 17, 2024. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong set to be ousted by Nasdaq as world’s biggest IPO market

International investors remain interested in Hong Kong tech listings due to attractive valuations, UBS and JPMorgan say.

Nasdaq is set to become the world's biggest IPO market this year with the SpaceX listing. Photo: Reuters
Nasdaq is set to become the world's biggest IPO market this year with the SpaceX listing. Photo: Reuters

Tech Trends

AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of green sector as data-centre demand booms

Alibaba and Peking University map nation’s extensive green-energy sites – a move that could help stabilise national grid amid surge in computing-power needs.

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Business

Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison rules out sale of Hong Kong supermarket ParknShop

Chain operator’s executive dismisses speculation of a tie-up, and praises staff amid an ‘extremely competitive environment’.

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China Business

China’s drug makers are speeding up – will AI be their secret weapon?

Chinese biotech firms are striking big global deals as drug makers, but could artificial intelligence take them to the next level?

Illustration by Henry Wong
Illustration by Henry Wong

Markets

Can Hong Kong’s listing reform 2.0 win over innovative firms?

The reforms enhance the city’s appeal for AI, biotech and other firms by slashing the market cap threshold and enabling confidential filings.

Big Tech

Competition or ‘co-opetition’: how is convergence shaping Sino-US AI race?

Speech by CEO of Chinese AI start-up at Nvidia event in US highlights symbiotic nature of tech relationship despite geopolitical tensions.

China EVs

How China’s EV makers think they can outrun disastrous price wars

At Beijing’s urging, an industry largely built on discounting must hold the line on prices and convince buyers to pay for better technology.

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OPINION
Kun Tian

Opinion | Hong Kong’s stablecoin roll-out puts banks at the centre of digital money

Kun Tian
Nicholas Spiro

Macroscope | How the rupee’s fall shows India’s struggle to overcome vulnerabilities

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Anthony Rowley

Macroscope | Why dollar and gold prices are looking abnormal amid Iran war

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Nicholas Spiro

The View | War-induced interest rate shocks unlikely to upset Asia’s property markets

Nicholas Spiro
Nicholas Spiro

Macroscope | China is weathering the Iran war oil shock better than others in Asia

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Muyi Yang,Dinita Setyawati

Opinion | Why Asia’s future depends on breaking the shackles of fossil fuels

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