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BYD electric cars await shipment to Brazil at Taicang Port in Suzhou in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

China EVs

Weak year-end sales cloud China’s EV outlook, keeping price-war fears alive

A weaker-than-expected year-end rush and falling deliveries at major brands are stoking fears of another price war.

Hong Kong property market hits 4-year high in 2025 as sales top HK$616 billion

China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026

Banking & Finance

More issuers turn to Dubai listings as yuan bonds gain traction in Middle East

Dubai’s dim sum bond momentum points to investor confidence in China and diversification from the US dollar, says regulator.

Financial centres like Dubai are the key centrepoints of the quickly growing corridor between China and the Middle East, according to the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Photo: AFP
Financial centres like Dubai are the key centrepoints of the quickly growing corridor between China and the Middle East, according to the Dubai Financial Services Authority. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

China’s top contract chipmakers pursue acquisitions amid self-sufficiency drive

Hua Hong Semiconductor set to close a US$1.2 billion deal, days after SMIC says it will take full control of a subsidiary for US$5.8 billion.

Business

Hong Kong mortgage recovery holds in 2025 despite end-of-year wobble

Hong Kong mortgage applications and approvals fell in November, but year-to-date volumes still point to a 2025 recovery.

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China EVs

China’s EV sector doubles down on discounts and cheap financing as growth cools

Carmakers are shifting from straight price cuts to subsidised loans and feature-packed models, as China’s EV price war drags on.

Beijing has urged the sector to rein in price wars since July amid deflationary pressures, with even market leader BYD reporting its biggest net profit drop in more than four years. Photo: Xinhua
Beijing has urged the sector to rein in price wars since July amid deflationary pressures, with even market leader BYD reporting its biggest net profit drop in more than four years. Photo: Xinhua

Markets

Hong Kong’s IPO dominance in 2025 set to carry on into new year

The city’s exchange secures global bragging rights after 114 companies raised US$37.22 billion on the main board in 2025, according to LSEG.

Business

CityU joins ranks of schools snapping up Hong Kong offices

University buys four-storey office block in Kowloon Tong for US$252 million from Singapore-based Mapletree.

Semiconductors

Baidu spin-off Kunlunxin joins wave of Chinese semiconductor IPOs in Hong Kong

Last year, 20 Chinese semiconductor IPOs raised over 45 billion yuan (US$6.4 billion), with six of them listing in December.

The Baidu logo is pictured at the company’s headquarters in Beijing, March 16, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Shares in Chinese GPU start-up Biren soar in Hong Kong listing

Shares leap 82 per cent in debut after retail investors’ demand exceeds supply by 2,347 times.

Zhang Wen, chairman and CEO of Biren, bangs the gong at the company’s listing ceremony in Hong Kong on January 2, 2026, as HKEX CEO Bonnie Chan (left) and Financial Secretary Paul Chan (second from right) look on. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Zhang Wen, chairman and CEO of Biren, bangs the gong at the company’s listing ceremony in Hong Kong on January 2, 2026, as HKEX CEO Bonnie Chan (left) and Financial Secretary Paul Chan (second from right) look on. Photo: Jonathan Wong

China Business

Hong Kong stocks jump into 2026 with biggest surge since May

Investors expect Beijing’s ‘policy pivot’ to continue, with a focus on demand-side stimulus and stabilising the housing market, analyst says.

Money

Hong Kong’s affluent investors are multimillionaires by 39: HSBC survey

HSBC, the city’s biggest lender, saw double-digit growth in the number of Hong Kong-dollar multimillionaires in 2025.

Banking & Finance

China’s M&A revival points to deeper investor confidence in growth prospects

Deal value is expected to rise, with strategic transactions and overseas ambitions driving momentum.

Sectors representing Chinese firms’ technology innovation will likely be the main engines of China M&A, including automobile components and life sciences, according to industry experts. Photo: Shutterstock

Companies

Chinese and Asian suppliers in limbo over fashion chain Claire’s bankruptcy

Suppliers across Asia pursue legal action, but debt recovery prospects remain uncertain.

Claire’s is a mall staple known for trendy jewellery and ear piercings. Photo: Getty Images
Claire’s is a mall staple known for trendy jewellery and ear piercings. Photo: Getty Images

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong interbank rates forecast to drop on expected 2026 US monetary easing

Savings rates near zero prevent further prime rate reductions, though Hibor-linked loans will get cheaper, analysts say.

China EVs

China’s EV makers to corner one-third of global market by 2030, UBS says

Analysts see China’s EV edge enduring, citing overseas profits and supply chain strengths despite tariffs and Western protectionism.

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China Business

From hope to hard numbers: China stocks will need profits to boost the bull run

Chinese shares surged in 2025 on a confidence-led re-rating – strategists now say the next leg in 2026 will hinge on an earnings uplift.

Earnings, and not valuations, will be the main booster for China’s equities in the year ahead. Illustration: Henry Wong
Earnings, and not valuations, will be the main booster for China’s equities in the year ahead. Illustration: Henry Wong

China Business

Are Chinese biotechs what the doctor ordered as Big Pharma faces ‘patent cliff’?

US drug makers are racing to plug looming ‘patent cliff’ revenue gaps – and increasingly they are turning to China biotechs.

Tech Trends

Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock

The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.

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Banking & Finance

Exclusive | Meet the Illinois farmer sowing the seeds of the world’s biggest IPOs of 2026

Jeff Rowe, a fifth-generation Illinois farmer, runs a Chinese-owned Swiss company in Basel that is aiming for one of the world’s largest IPOs in Hong Kong, due in 2026.

Jeff Rowe, the CEO of Syngenta, at his family farm in the US state of Illinois on September 30, 2025. Photo: Anthony Collins/Handout
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OPINION
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Macroscope | What to expect from Chinese stocks in 2026

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The View | How AI helped Asia’s real estate sector pass the tariff stress test

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Opinion | To harness crypto ingenuity, financial threat must first be neutralised

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Macroscope | Why Wall Street remains bullish on China amid economic slowdown

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Hiba Malik

Opinion | How China is cementing its central role as the architect of green tech

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Ma Jun,Sean Kidney

Opinion | How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap

Ma Jun
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