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China Business

Hong Kong stocks retreat as Middle East tensions raise inflation risk

‘The Middle East is once again the fulcrum of global market anxiety,’ an analyst at SPI Asset Management says.

Asia-Pacific investors seek shelter in alternative assets amid global tensions

China internet pioneer urges students to put off graduate school, start-up plans

China Business

Exclusive | SemiDrive to supply cockpit chips in European EVs as Chinese firms go global

‘Striving to be a top global chip supplier, we need to expand from the China market to the global market,’ general manager Eugene Wang says.

Visitors look at a display at the booth of SemiDrive Technology at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. Photo: Getty Images
Visitors look at a display at the booth of SemiDrive Technology at the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show. Photo: Getty Images

China Business

Shanghai firm sues to liquidate Hozon amid EV maker’s financial struggles

Shanghai Yuxing Advertising filed a court case in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, against the EV maker for non-payment of dues.

Tech War

US pushes Vietnam to decouple from Chinese tech, sources say

Vietnam has been asked ‘to reduce its dependency on Chinese hi-tech’, say one of the people familiar with the discussions.

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Big Tech

Chinese router maker TP-Link lays off most workers at Shanghai chip unit

The international unit of TP-Link is scaling back its chip development efforts after one product failed final testing, sources say.

TP-Link has rapidly grown from its founding in 2008 to a major global router brand, holding 60 per cent of the US market last year. Photo: Shutterstock
TP-Link has rapidly grown from its founding in 2008 to a major global router brand, holding 60 per cent of the US market last year. Photo: Shutterstock

Banking & Finance

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery seeks US$1 billion from convertible bond sale

The five-year Hong dollar-denominated bonds will carry a coupon of zero to 0.5 per cent payable semiannually.

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Policy

China’s robotics market set to double in four years: Morgan Stanley

Robotics is a key part of the Made in China 2025 initiative, launched a decade ago to position the country at the forefront of hi-tech industries.

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Big Tech

Baidu ramps up AI hiring as China faces talent crunch, joining other tech giants

Job openings for Baidu’s annual AI recruitment drive are up 60 per cent this year, with positions across 23 of its core businesses.

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A Baidu sign seen at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong-based fintech LianLian Global’s Middle East expansion pays off

Firm expects Dubai operations to contribute 10 per cent of its payment transaction volume in the first year of operations, Hong Kong head says.

Hong Kong-based LianLian Global sees big room for growth for its digital remittance services in the Middle East. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong-based LianLian Global sees big room for growth for its digital remittance services in the Middle East. Photo: Handout

Banking & Finance

Coconut water company IFBH moves closer to cracking Hong Kong’s IPO market

Thai company, incorporated in Singapore, clears major regulatory hurdle with publication of its Post Hearing Information Pack.

Big Tech

Ant International issues first sustainability report after spin-off

Speculation has been rife over a potential listing by the company, which was spun off from Ant Group last year as part of a restructuring.

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China EVs

Chinese EVs: Xiaomi accelerates launch of Tesla Model Y rival YU7

Sales will start at the end of this month instead of in July, founder and CEO Lei Jun says.

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Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun introduces the smartphone maker’s electric SUV, the YU7, at a launch event in Beijing on May 22, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Business

No respite in China’s property crisis as new home prices drop for 24th month

Prices in the secondary market fell at a faster pace as analysts say impacts from Beijing’s policy support are waning.

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A residential project in progress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province by Poly Real Estate in May 2025. Photo: AFP
A residential project in progress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province by Poly Real Estate in May 2025. Photo: AFP

China Business

Exclusive | Asian stocks in ‘foothills of recovery’ on valuations lure, veteran manager says

The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index has risen twice as much as global equities or US technology stocks this year as funds return to region.

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Banking & Finance

Exclusive | DBS Hong Kong hiring wealth managers as investors’ risk appetite grows

The subsidiary of the Singapore bank plans to hire 100 bankers and open a new wealth-management centre.

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Business

InvestHK pivots to support Hong Kong start-ups’ global growth

After 25 years promoting the city as an investment destination, InvestHK is now championing Hong Kong companies’ overseas expansion.

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Illustration by Henry Wong

Banking & Finance

Step aside Shanghai, Hong Kong is China’s prize financial hub

Despite calling the two cities twin engines for finance, Beijing’s actions favour Hong Kong as China’s one true global funding hub.

Policy

Self-driving mining trucks offer a glimpse of China’s hi-tech future

A coal mine in Inner Mongolia showcases Beijing’s determination to transform traditional industries with advanced technologies.

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Banking & Finance

China equips Hong Kong with ‘toolbox’ to propel yuan amid de-dollarisation

Doubts about the dollar’s supremacy present a unique opportunity to accelerate the yuan’s internationalisation.

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OPINION
Zhou Xin

My Take | China attains leverage in trade war on the back of its trump card: rare earths

Zhou Xin
Alex Au

Opinion | Hong Kong developing a yuan-pegged stablecoin would be a game changer

Alex Au
Chris Hayward

Opinion | London and Hong Kong can lead way in UK-China finance cooperation

Chris Hayward
Anthony Rowley

Macroscope | How the obsession with risky assets is putting global finance in peril

Anthony Rowley
Anthony W.D. Anastasi

Opinion | As China reins in the EV sector, 1 solution stands above the rest

Anthony W.D. Anastasi
Nicholas Spiro

The View | Hibor plunge a bigger deal for stock market than Hong Kong’s property sector

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MULTIMEDIA
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China’s largest EV battery maker starts strong on HK stock market

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Chinese EV maker Xpeng CEO unveils newest vehicles in Hong Kong

Chinese EV maker Xpeng CEO unveils newest vehicles in Hong Kong
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Asian stock markets fall as 104% tariffs target China

Stock markets in Asia resume slump as hefty US tariffs on China take effect
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How Alibaba.com is betting on AI to transform e-commerce

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Companies
Labubu figures and stickers are seen at a Pop Mart shop in Beijing on June 12, 2025. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong stock market

Gen Z’s ‘emotional consumption’ fuels surge in consumer stocks like Pop Mart

Shares of Pop Mart, the Chinese toymaker that owns Labubu, have surged almost 600 per cent over the past year in Hong Kong.

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Hong Kong virtual insurer OneDegree seeks greater Middle East growth

Meet Goku, the Chinese quant fund with AI ambitions beyond finance

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Hong Kong’s 1980s nightlife culture dazzles again at old Club BBoss site

Big Boss Generation CEO Edward Li (right) and Japanese actress Sola Aoi (second from right) with other company representatives at Saturday’s opening of a new nightspot on the same site as the old Club Bboss. Photo: Nora Tam

Chinese carmaker GAC’s electric-van unit takes aim at European market

Miraco Motor CEO Xiao Ning at the International Automotive & Supply Chain Expo on June 12, 2025. Photo: Handout

Jane Street to pay US$3.9m a month in record Hong Kong office lease

An artist’s impression of Henderson Land Development’s New Central Harbourfront project. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong to allow drones with higher payloads to boost low-altitude economy

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Visitors at Xpeng’s booth at the Hong Kong International Automotive and Supply Chain Expo on Thursday. Photo: Eugene Lee
Markets
Workers pack knives at a factory in Yangjiang, south China’s Guangdong province, on June 11, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise on China policy hopes after soft economic data

China’s industrial output and fixed-asset investment fell short in May, and the downturn in the property market deepened.

Gen Z’s ‘emotional consumption’ fuels surge in consumer stocks like Pop Mart

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Hong Kong’s rent surge hits mainland students and professionals

Chinese carmaker GAC’s electric-van unit takes aim at European market

Exclusive | ‘Super connector’: the next act for Hong Kong’s stock exchange

Property
Residential buildings are seen under construction last month in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
China property

China ‘stepping in’ as property concerns mount, but no ‘treading the old path’

Premier Li Qiang’s recent remarks on shoring up real estate sector suggest what some analysts say is a rising wariness to address persistent economic pitfalls.

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Hong Kong’s rent surge hits mainland students and professionals

Hong Kong’s 1980s nightlife culture dazzles again at old Club BBoss site

Hong Kong pop diva Karen Mok picks up HK$85 million luxury flat in Mid-Levels

Hong Kong pop diva and actress Karen Mok. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong homebuyers snap up all Deep Water Pavilia flats on offer this weekend

Prospective homebuyers huddle outside the sales office of Deep Water Pavilia at K11 Atelier in Quarry Bay on Saturday. Photo: Edmond So

Jane Street to pay US$3.9m a month in record Hong Kong office lease

An artist’s impression of Henderson Land Development’s New Central Harbourfront project. Photo: Handout

Yet another luxury property on The Peak on sale at 30% discount

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Twelve Peaks at 12 Mount Kellett Road has been developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Banking & Finance
Eliza Law, managing director and head of affluent segment and distribution, wealth and retail banking at Standard Chartered Hong Kong. Photo: May Tse
Banking & finance

Standard Chartered sees affluent clients putting more money to work in Hong Kong

‘Our clients’ interest in investing has grown,’ Eliza Law, head of the bank’s affluent segment and distribution in Hong Kong, says.

Hong Kong virtual insurer OneDegree seeks greater Middle East growth

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Hong Kong can power yuan’s international ascent: HSBC co-CEO

SFC CEO Leung: virtual assets are a tool ‘in the race for financial supremacy’

Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin slid as much as 3 per cent early on Friday in Singapore to dip below US$103,000 before paring losses. Photo: Shutterstock
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Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies sink after Israel air strikes on Iran

Over US$1 billion worth of long positions across all cryptocurrencies were liquidated in the past 24 hours, according to Coinglass data.

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Ant International and Ant Digital to seek stablecoin licences in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s stablecoin law opens floodgates for boom in digital assets: brokers

Crypto confiscated in Beijing to be liquidated in Hong Kong

The Beijing Public Security Bureau has become the first law enforcement agency in China to detail a process for liquidating confiscated cryptocurrencies through Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters

China Renaissance’s investment in stablecoin issuer Circle pays off

Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle Internet Group reacts as Circle president Heath Tarbert rings a ceremonial bell to launch the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong’s stablecoin law to take effect in August

Hong Kong’s ordinance for licensing stablecoin issuers is set to take effect on August 1. Photo: Shutterstock

Stablecoin firm Circle’s shares double in wild trading debut

Circle Internet Group’s IPO debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
China EVs
Miraco Motor CEO Xiao Ning at the International Automotive & Supply Chain Expo on June 12, 2025. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese carmaker GAC’s electric-van unit takes aim at European market

Miraco Motor hopes to grab 10 per cent of Europe’s annual sales of 1.7 million vans.

Hong Kong to allow drones with higher payloads to boost low-altitude economy

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Xpeng and Chinese EV peers aim to win over Hongkongers amid global push

Chery to debut in third quarter as carmaker uses Hong Kong as a springboard

Chinese EV maker Leapmotor jumps into Hong Kong market

Climate and energy
The US has imposed tariffs as high as 3,521 per cent on solar panels from China and Southeast Asia. Photo: AP
Business of climate change

Chinese solar firms bank on overseas expansion to survive amid US tariffs

Some of the world’s top solar firms are considering localising production in the US amid a worsening price war and geopolitical tensions.

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China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite

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How BYD and Chinese peers are transforming Europe’s small EV market

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EU biodiesel tariffs offer Hong Kong a chance to boost adoption of green fuel

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Hong Kong’s biodiesel consumption amounted to 7.5 per cent of the city’s annual production of 100,000 tonnes. Photo: Shutterstock

Tesla’s China rivals look closer than they appear in the rear-view mirror

Inside Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory. Photo: Xinhua

How a Hong Kong start-up is going about recycling lithium batteries

Achelous Pure Metals’ robot-assisted lithium battery processing line in Hong Kong. Photo: Handout

Indonesia should embrace EVs, review unsustainable methanol project, experts say

An aerial view of Shandong Yuhuang’s methanol plant under construction in December 2018. Photo: Handout
China Future Tech
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Artificial intelligence

China’s orchard of AI, chip grads now ripe for the pickin’ as tech trade sours

Many who entered university during Trump’s first trade war with China are ready to become key cogs in China’s hi-tech engine.

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How a Chinese AI start-up helps Nike, Gap, Urban Revivo predict fashion trends

Food security takes root: how China’s Xinjiang is at forefront of national push

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Meet Goku, the Chinese quant fund with AI ambitions beyond finance

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Hong Kong plans new AI supercomputing centre to boost tech hub status