https://www.scmp.com/rss/3753/feed Helen Wong is chief executive, Greater China, at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Typhoon season is almost upon us. If Super Typhoon Mangkhut of September 2018 and the double punch of Hato and Pakhar in August 2017 are anything to go by, we should brace ourselves for the likelihood that weather-related damage will become increasingly common and painful in the years ahead.  Against this backdrop, the Hong Kong government’s issuance of a green bond last month came at the perfect time. It spotlights the most urgent challenge facing humanity today, and at the same time helps... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3014784/typhoon-season-round-corner-and-climate-change-upon-us-theres-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3014784/typhoon-season-round-corner-and-climate-change-upon-us-theres-no?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:00:12 +0000 China is forging ahead with a plan to create a globally competitive metro­polis in the south of the country, encompassing Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. It is bringing innovation, finance and trade to the forefront and is emerging as a new leader in globalisation. Guangdong has been the front runner in China’s reform and opening up since the late 1970s. The province is yet again leading this economic transition, shifting from being the world’s factory floor to a highly dynamic hub for services... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123456/how-chinas-vision-metropolis-rivalling-new-york-san?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2123456/how-chinas-vision-metropolis-rivalling-new-york-san?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 10 Dec 2017 03:32:41 +0000 In the 1950s and 1960s, the world economy was transformed by the emergence of the American consumer. Today, China’s rising “i-can” generation is in the driver’s seat. China’s rapid social and economic transformation over the past three decades has given rise to a new age of consumer – the “I can do anything”, or “i-can” generation. Emboldened by years of economic growth, this generation is now ­empowered by the rising digital economy in China, represented by a new Taobao-WeChat digital... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2107378/how-chinas-can-do-generation-will-be-engine-growth-both-home?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2107378/how-chinas-can-do-generation-will-be-engine-growth-both-home?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Aug 2017 04:01:51 +0000 Renminbi internationalisation seemed to have slowed in the past year, but behind the scenes China continues to enhance its financial infrastructure so as to increase global usage of the renminbi. The cross-border use of the Chinese currency decreased significantly in 2016. According to SWIFT, a network that banks around the world use to send and receive money, the value of international renminbi payments fell by nearly 30 per cent, and the renminbi is now the seventh-most active payments... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099674/renminbi-internationalisation-gaining-momentum-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2099674/renminbi-internationalisation-gaining-momentum-again?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:01:27 +0000 The renminbi is approaching its final frontier: full convertibility and transformation into a “normal” currency used by companies and individuals worldwide in the same way the US dollar is today. The renminbi’s journey as a trade and investment currency over the past decade has been rapid and remarkable – and with reforms and international usage continuing to grow apace, full convertibility is now in sight. Why international markets are wrong to expect continued renminbi depreciation Just last... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1936143/day-renminbi-becomes-truly-normal-currency-isnt-so-far-now?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1936143/day-renminbi-becomes-truly-normal-currency-isnt-so-far-now?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:00:30 +0000 Online shopping carts are transforming the face of China’s economy, changing supply chains and putting pricing power in the hands of its 1.37 billion consumers. China’s policymakers have promoted their policy of “Internet Plus” to spearhead economic reform and foster the development of a consumption-led economy over the export-led growth of the past. The country’s shoppers, already among the most internet savvy in the world, are using new shopping and payment gateways via WeChat, Alibaba and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1923041/how-chinas-digital-push-changing-face-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1923041/how-chinas-digital-push-changing-face-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Mar 2016 01:00:47 +0000 The volatility in the Chinese stock market has not changed the fundamental picture: China is poised to strengthen its trade leadership with Asian countries as it transforms its economy. Its future economic advances will be more about building ports, robotics and electric vehicles, and less about selling toys, textiles and cheap electronics. Oxford Economics' latest trade forecast paints a picture of how China's trade is going to evolve and grow. Despite the current outlook for slower growth in... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1856886/chinas-manufacturing-upgrade-will-boost-exports-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1856886/chinas-manufacturing-upgrade-will-boost-exports-and?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Sep 2015 02:45:45 +0000 Young Post Reporter,Veronica Lin,Annette Kim,Charlotte Chan,Liam Fung,May Huang,Helen Wong,Cherry Kong Young Post Reporter,Veronica Lin,Annette Kim,Charlotte Chan,Liam Fung,May Huang,Helen Wong,Cherry Kong 1. No need for R 'n' R One of the things I miss the most about school is the organised and tight schedule. Living a fast-paced life can often be exhausting but also exciting at the same time. Veronica Lin, 15, Peddie School (US) 2. It's those after-school trips My most vivid memories of school are the after-school trips to Causeway Bay with my best friend. We take the bus from school to Causeway Bay, where we treat ourselves to steaming egg waffles from a street vendor, cold and sweet bubble tea... https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/your-voice/opinion/article/3057003/reasons-be-glad-school-starting-again?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/your-voice/opinion/article/3057003/reasons-be-glad-school-starting-again?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Aug 2014 03:55:33 +0000 PARADISE to some may be lying on a palm-fringed beach, sipping a mai tai at dusk. But ask author Bradley Winterton his idea of heaven, and the reply is: Verdi's Falstaff. 'The minute I heard that the opera in the Macau International Music Festival in 1994 was going to be Verdi's Falstaff,' says Winterton, 'I sat down and wrote out an outline for a book, where I followed it through the whole month of preparations.' Listening to the opera, he says, is 'paradise' to him. 'It always has been.... https://www.scmp.com/article/112706/days-opera?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/112706/days-opera?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Mar 1995 16:00:00 +0000