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Latest news, analysis, explainers and updates on policy announcements, corporate developments and investment opportunities focused on Dongguan under the Greater Bay Area (GBA) initiative in southern China’s Pearl River Delta The coverage includes politics and policies, business, lifestyle and culture and useful to-do guides about living, working and studying in the GBA.
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Party Secretary of Dongguan Xiao Yafei
Crowds filled Hong Kong’s West Kowloon station on the first day of Lunar New Year. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong society

Festive buzz in Hong Kong as visitors pour in for Lunar New Year

More than 1.7 million Hongkongers made outbound trips from February 13 to 16, up from 1.47 million between January 25 and 28 last year.

China jobs

Year-end bonuses shrink in China amid slowing growth, report finds

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China consumption

China’s gold rush: why families are doubling down on precious metals

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Shanghai New Year's Eve stampede

Multiple Chinese cities curb New Year’s Eve countdowns over safety

Authorities have issued pre-emptive notices and detained those who spread rumours of non-existent fireworks displays and mass celebrations.

Canton Tower in Guangzhou is among popular landmarks in China where no large-scale mass activity will be organised for New Year’s Eve. Photo: China News Service via Getty Images
Semiconductors

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.

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China-EU relations

Dutch minister admits he was blindsided by China in Nexperia chip crisis

Karremans faces criticism after Beijing choked off chip flows and scrutiny of his move to invoke a Cold War-era security law.

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Semiconductors

Tensions flare as Wingtech slams chipmaker Nexperia’s head office over deception

The heightened tensions underscore the complexity in resolving the two sides’ dispute over the control of the Dutch chipmaker.

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Wingtech, Nexperia’s Chinese owner, remains at odds with the Dutch chipmaker’s head office. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s private sector

Beauty market aglow: young Chinese splurge on self-care, Fosun-backed firm says

Growing number of men join women in embracing energy-based aesthetic treatments as a preventive measure: Sisram Medical.

Semiconductors

Wingtech says Nexperia’s headquarters remains silent on call for talks

In a statement, Wingtech reiterates its intention to fully regain its shareholder rights in the chipmaker.

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Semiconductors

Explainer | A timeline of the Sino-Dutch row over the control of chipmaker Nexperia

The Hague suspends use of Cold War-era law called upon to seize control of Chinese-owned Nexperia, as dispute imperils global supply chains.

Nexperia’s Chinese owner, Wingtech Technology, aims to use all possible legal means to take back control of the Dutch chipmaker. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

China Future Tech webinar: assessing the impact of the Nexperia saga

Post reporters discuss the dispute’s apparent resolution, what happens next and what it means for the future of Chinese investments abroad.

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Nexperia’s packaging plant in Dongguan, Guangdong province, seen on November 7, 2025, produced up to 70 per cent of the company’s output. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

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.

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Semiconductors

Nexperia crisis: Beijing agrees to talks with Dutch officials in China

The announcement comes a day after the Netherlands indicated that shipments of Chinese-made Nexperia chips would soon resume.

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Semiconductors

Nexperia in war of words despite US-China trade truce

The Dutch headquarters and its China arm trade accusations of misconduct and misinformation, clouding prospects for supply chain stability.

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A view of wafers on a production line of Dutch semiconductor company Nexperia. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Nexperia China to meet chip orders with local wafer suppliers in months: experts

The firm says it is ‘accelerating the qualification of new wafer supply sources’ to meet chip orders, especially for the car industry.

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A Nexperia employee works with a wafer in a production line at the Dutch chipmaker’s fabrication facility in Hamburg, Germany. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Nexperia China vows business as usual after Dutch wafer supply halt

Chinese unit says production remains stable and new suppliers secured despite headquarters suspending shipments from Europe.

Semiconductors

China considers export ban exemption for some Nexperia orders

Beijing’s initiative is meant to stabilise the supply of Nexperia chips in global supply chains, particularly those in the car industry.

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Semiconductors

Nexperia’s China factory cuts output as Dutch takeover deepens global chip supply tensions

Nexperia’s main China factory has cut production after Dutch authorities seized control of its headquarters.

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One part of the Nexperia factory in Dongguan has idled one-third of its machines, say workers. Photo: Coco Feng
Semiconductors

Sino-Dutch dispute over chipmaker Nexperia puts car sector supply chain at risk

All eyes are on Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao’s meeting with his EU counterparts in Brussels to defuse the row over Nexperia.

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Semiconductors

China Future Tech webinar: how Nexperia got caught in the US-China rivalry

A Post webinar discusses the context and implications of the Nexperia saga.

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Nexperia China accuses Dutch head office of spreading misinformation to customers

The Dutch chipmaker’s head office continues to ‘disregard the lawful rights’ of the firm’s China entities, a post by Nexperia (Shanghai) says.

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Dutch chipmaker Nexperia’s sole Chinese production facility in Dongguan, southern Guangdong province. Photo: Coco Feng
Semiconductors

Nexperia crisis: how US-China tensions disrupt a global chip supply chain

The chipmaker’s ‘developed in Europe, made in China’ business model has become ‘unsustainable’, analyst says.

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The building that houses Nexperia’s headquarters in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Photo: EPA
Semiconductors

Nexperia China tells employees to ignore orders from Dutch head office

Letter to employees of company owned by China’s Wingtech asserts that ‘independent’ mainland entity is the one that pays workers’ salaries.

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China-EU relations

Dutch seized Nexperia over fears Chinese owners planned to move chip production to China

The Hague’s intervention to block Nexperia’s relocation has angered Beijing, triggering export bans and new strain on Europe’s tech sector.

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US-China tech war

Nexperia’s China plant workers fear being caught in dispute crossfire

Workers at Dongguan plant say they have received no guidance from management amid a widening dispute over the semiconductor maker.

Dutch semiconductor maker Nexperia’s China factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province, pictured on October 16, 2025. Photo: Coco Feng
Hong Kong transport

SF Express looks at drone deliveries between Hong Kong, 4 mainland China cities

Courier looking at using Hong Kong as a core base and connecting with Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou and Zhuhai.

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SF Express is the country’s largest courier firm. Photo: Jelly Tse
China technology

Super Typhoon Ragasa disrupts iPhone production, cross-border e-commerce

Beyond factory walls, the typhoon interrupts vital transport and logistics arteries connecting China to global markets.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong official urges ‘heightened alertness’ among staff after water scandal

Bureaus, departments must step up efforts to prevent such incidents from happening again, says memo signed by logistics chief Carlson Chan.

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