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The latest applications come as healthcare and biotechnology equity capital market activity in Hong Kong reached US$15.6 billion last year. Illustration: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Hong Kong attracts wave of biotech IPO filings amid AI drug boom

More than 10 pre-profit drug developers are seeking Hong Kong listings as AI-powered biotech platforms draw growing investor interest.

SCMP Highlights

China defence experts vanish online, Thai coconut cartel crisis: 5 weekend reads

Retailing

Guess says it will shut all mainland China stores amid retail rethink

Hong Kong economy

Courier SF Express imposes temporary fuel surcharges within Hong Kong and Macau

China’s largest courier cites volatile global fuel prices for new HK$1 surcharge on local document and parcel deliveries.

SF Express, will introduce temporary fuel surcharges for local document and parcel deliveries within Hong Kong and Macau, set at HK$1 and MOP$1, respectively. Photo: Jelly Tse
Asean

Asean trade strategy: diversifying beyond US and Chinese markets

The bloc will look for new markets and deepen regional cooperation to reduce trade uncertainty, economic ministers say.

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China GDP

China’s economy starts 2026 strongly as retail sales, investment rise

Before the Iran energy crisis and latest round of China-US trade talks, retail spending grew 2.8 per cent while fixed-asset investment increased 1.8 per cent.

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Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks advance as tech sector lifts sentiment amid prolonged conflict

Hang Seng Index climbs, driven by tech firms, helping investors look past prolonged Middle East hostilities.

A general view of Exchange Square in Central, Hong Kong. Photo: Jelly Tse
Insurance

Hong Kong regulator sets ‘comprehensive’ review of medical insurance costs

Analysis aims to increase transparency at a time when some insurance prices are rising faster than medical costs, Insurance Authority CEO says.

Hong Kong tourism

30% jump in demand for regional holidays among Hongkongers amid Middle East war

Industry players say local travellers more cautious ahead of Easter holiday amid rising airfares and disrupted routes.

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China stock market

Hopes of AI monetisation to boost China tech stocks amid war, market scares

Chinese tech stocks prove steadier than regional and US peers, as frenzy over OpenClaw shows a possible way forward, analysts say.

People cross the street beneath screens showing stock data in Shanghai on March 9, 2026. Photo: EPA
Semiconductors

Precision strike: China targets US, Japan stranglehold on photoresist supply

Essential material for advanced semiconductor processes expected to enter stage of accelerated breakthroughs, major Chinese supplier says.

China is expanding the scope of its chip self-sufficiency drive under the new 15th five-year plan amid an intensified race with the US in advanced chipmaking. Photo: Xinhua
War and conflict

Opinion | Hong Kong should work to ensure a steady fuel supply amid war in Iran

While shielded by the national economy, the city needs to maintain an open, transparent market to deter abusive behaviour.

ICBMs

Open Questions | Why Iran war may drive East Asia nuclear race, hit China in Mideast: Zhao Tong

Carnegie nuclear policy expert says law of the jungle signalled by US actions could spur more countries to pursue nuclear weapons.

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US-China trade war

China and US trade talks off to a low-key start after first meeting in Paris

Discussions expected to focus on trade, investment and rare earths ahead of crucial Xi-Trump summit later this month in Beijing.

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The Chinese delegation arrives in Paris for trade talks with the United States on Sunday. The first meeting between the world’s two biggest economies proved to be a low-key affair. Photo: EPA
My Take

My Take | A humane Chinese AI versus a dog-eat-dog American AI

From killing jobs to killing people, the vision of artificial intelligence supremacy in the United States is truly terrifying.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Snowflake Summit in San Francisco on June 2, 2025. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
China's military weapons

Could PLA’s new shipborne drone redefine South China Sea naval operations?

In a first, recent CCTV footage shows a lightweight uncrewed helicopter parked on the Chinese military’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong researcher sounds alarm after toxic electronic waste found in dolphins

Toxic pollutants from laptops, televisions and smartphones found in bodies and brains of endangered dolphins and porpoises that washed up on city’s beaches.

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Science

Why is Andy Lau’s name carved on a 600-year-old brick from the Ming dynasty?

The inscription – identical to the Hong Kong star’s name – reveals ancient quality-control system and early use of simplified characters.

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Hong Kong actor and singer Andy Lau appears to have shared a name with a Ming dynasty brickmaker. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong politics

Panama urges Chinese shipping giant Cosco to resume operations at canal

Minister for Canal Affairs Jose Ramon Icaza says Cosco’s 4 per cent of cargo transshipped in Balboa is ‘significant’ and hopes company returns.

Science

Top Chinese nuclear, radar and missile experts vanish from engineering body site

Former CAE vice-president Zhao Xiangeng is among a number of academicians no longer profiled on the body’s website.

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US-China relations

Opinion | 3 realities shaping China-US tech competition

Beijing’s policy priorities point to a more intense, multidimensional contest, with a smaller but still meaningful space for cooperation.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Chinese carmakers step up global expansion using idled foreign facilities

Great Wall Motors, Geely and other Chinese carmakers are using an asset-light strategy to accelerate their growth overseas.

China’s Great Wall Motor is in talks with Mercedes-Benz to share the German carmaker’s factory in East London, South Africa. Photo: Reuters
China’s military drills

In joint patrols with China, Vietnam steers course between 2 powers

The Gulf of Tonkin will be the backdrop this week for naval activities despite a five-decade maritime dispute.

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Hong Kong society

Body tied to bags of bricks found off Hong Kong pier in ‘suspicious’ case

Police investigating after body of 60-year-old woman attached to bags of bricks found floating at Sai Kung pier.

Science

Could China build an ‘army of centaurs’ with this non-invasive cyborg tech?

Chinese scientists develop a wearable human-robot device enabling soldiers to carry heavy loads in rugged terrain.

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This wearable human-robot hybrid could enable soldiers to push beyond their physical limits while walking and hauling loads in tough environments. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

ByteDance said to hold Seedance AI video tool launch after copyright row

Reported moves follows copyright complaints by Disney and other Hollywood studios.

ByteDance had been aiming to make ​the new video model available to customers worldwide in mid-March. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
China-EU relations

Tariffs and distrust: EU’s bid to ditch China hits capacity problems

‘Thinly spread’ bloc seeks this week to thrash out memorandum on critical minerals with the US, eyeing a more formal instrument down the road.

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US-China trade war

China and US begin fresh round of trade talks in Paris

Discussions expected to focus on trade, investment and rare earths ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China later this month.

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