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Hong Kong bond markets, yuan issuance to expand in 2026 under HKMA, SFC road map

HKMA and SFC blueprint to drive multicurrency issuance, with green finance and Bond Connect widening investor base.

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Hong Kong primary home sales to see decade high as small flats perk up market

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How a Chinese start-up is scaling 3D printing from sneakers to robots

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Greater Bay Area assets poised to lead surge in China’s expanding C-REIT market

By the end of last month, China had nearly 80 C-REITs, raising a total of over US$28.3 billion, according to Cushman & Wakefield.

28 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM

A view of skyscrapers from a pedestrian bridge in Shenzhen, the southern tech hub in Guangdong province. Photo: Xinhua

Companies

Hong Kong developers test ultra-luxury home demand with new launch on The Peak

As property prices stabilise and rents are on the rise, affluent buyers are being enticed with a fresh supply of high-end homes.

28 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM

China Business

Dozens of Chinese EV makers under pressure to fold or trim operations: analysts

Grappling with expiring cash subsidies and tax incentives, China’s car market is forecast to see deliveries slump next year.

28 Dec 2025 - 9:46AM

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Chilean firms partner to form giant company to exploit lithium

Last month China approved the planned partnership between state-owned Codelco and private firm SQM, which features Chinese capital.

28 Dec 2025 - 5:17AM

A mining truck loads lithium sulphate at the Atacama salt flat in Chile. Photo: Anadolu via Getty Images

Big Tech

Nexperia China eyes new wafer suppliers amid legal fight with Dutch chipmaker

Nexperia owner Wingtech says the China unit produced more than 11 billion chips since mid-October, despite wafer supply constraints.

27 Dec 2025 - 6:36PM

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.

27 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM

Big Tech

China’s CXMT in crosshairs of South Korean prosecutors over Samsung tech leak

Prosecutors in Seoul indict 10 people, including ex-Samsung executives, for allegedly leaking the firm’s technology to memory chipmaker CXMT.

27 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM

Seoul prosecutors say the leak of Samsung’s proprietary DRAM technology benefited Chinese memory chip rival CXMT. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

Chinese EV battery giant CATL and Guoxin Micro set up new automotive chip firm

The two companies expect to launch Tongxin Micro Technology as a developer of automotive domain controller chips.

26 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM

Contemporary Amperex Technology makes another semiconductor-related investment. Photo: Shutterstock

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Launch window opens for China’s space companies as LandSpace advances IPO

LandSpace has completed IPO tutoring with Chinese regulators, putting it a step closer to a Shanghai Star Market listing.

26 Dec 2025 - 5:28PM

China Business

Beijing municipality eases home purchase curbs to shore up sluggish market

China’s property sector, once a pillar of economic growth, has been on a downward trajectory since the second half of 2021.

26 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM

Companies

Why Hong Kong is emerging as the world’s AI crossroads between East and West

Hong Kong’s AI sector comprises 500 organisations, 290 companies and 183 investors active in finance, healthcare and government services.

26 Dec 2025 - 2:30PM

Hong Kong is well positioned as an international hub for AI-driven innovation. Photo: May Tse

China Business

China’s rising biotech clout on show in flurry of billion-dollar licensing deals

A burst of overseas licensing pacts is spotlighting China’s biotech sector, as Jacobio, Coherent Biopharma and Harbour BioMed land deals.

26 Dec 2025 - 10:47AM

The latest transactions reflect a broader pattern of multinational drugmakers turning to Chinese biotechs for pipeline replenishment. Photo: Shutterstock

China Business

Firmer yuan fuels share gains on bets Beijing will tolerate appreciation

Chinese equities edged higher on Friday, led by BYD, after the offshore yuan climbed through 7 per dollar for the first time since 2024.

26 Dec 2025 - 3:39PM

Tech Trends

Xiaomi’s 17 Ultra, backed by Leica, challenges Apple’s iPhone Pro Max in imaging

The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.

25 Dec 2025 - 11:14PM

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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.

6 Dec 2025 - 11:18AM

Jeff Rowe, the CEO of Syngenta, at his family farm in the US state of Illinois on September 30, 2025. Photo: Anthony Collins/Handout

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago

Hong Kong’s rise as a fintech hub is due to the concerted regulatory push, with the city competing with Singapore for regional leadership.

30 Nov 2025 - 4:44PMvideocam

Business

Hong Kong talent scheme: They came for jobs. Will they stay to buy homes?

Imported professionals could sustain the property market – if they put down roots and transition from renting to owning.

22 Nov 2025 - 10:00AM

Tech War

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

15 Nov 2025 - 11:00AM

Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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