Rising youth joblessness in China is one of Beijing’s biggest headaches, threatening the top leadership’s bottom line of ensuring social stability, with the figure rising to a record high of 20.4 per cent in April.

Battery power took center stage, with makers jostling to show off their electrification credentials.

In the end, it was an old-fashioned bank run that sent SVB spinning. But it was its decision to invest so much money in hold-to-maturity securities in a period of record-low rates that made it especially vulnerable.

Expats should be open-minded and willing to compromise, say agents, with property typically smaller than in other markets.

Unchecked greenhouse gas emissions could accelerate the climate crisis. To prevent such a catastrophe, governments and private companies are undertaking carbon capture and storage projects to limit – and hopefully – reverse the damage.

Executives of 21 private-sector businesses, including Alibaba, JD.com, Fosun and Blue Moon, appear in a CCTV programme that signals Beijing’s determination to revive entrepreneur confidence.

What are audit working papers and what are US inspectors looking for as they examine the papers of US-listed Chinese companies at the Hong Kong offices of accounting firms PwC and KPMG?

CLP Power and Hong Kong Electric have a range of incentives that encourage customers to use less energy during peak periods, under their mandates to help the city cut emissions and save electricity.

There are 175 so-called red-chip stocks listed in Hong Kong. Some of the biggest names include the holding companies for Bank of China’s local operations, conglomerate Citic and developer China Resources Land.

Hong Kong investors caught in the decentralised finance market’s global rout can expect little to no chance of getting any remedy.

The mainland’s commercial and financial hub accounts for an outsize portion of national GDP and plays home to the country’s biggest companies and busiest port.

Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani are competing in a tough market vying for more than a billion viewers; an Ambani venture received US$1.8 billion, led by James Murdoch; Adani bought a stake in a former partner of Bloomberg.

With inflationary pressure in the US, the Fed envisages seven rate increases this year, with another four next year, taking the Fed funds rate to 1.9 per cent by the end of 2022 and 2.8 per cent by the end of 2023

Investors are facing one of the wildest rides in recent history as prices swung big time within hours. Views among funds and seasoned analysts diverge, even as some semblance of stability is returning to the market.

Six of the 13 property chairmen attending the meetings will be representing developers that have either officially defaulted on their debts or have asked creditors for more time.

These apps have become essential for many people to safely carry on outside their homes, while observing social-distancing rules.

The Winter Olympics has catapulted dozens of Chinese brands into the limelight, giving them unprecedented airtime to showcase their stuff on the world stage.

As Evergrande lurches from one crisis to another, here are some of its lavish projects that could explain why Chinese authorities have blamed it for reckless expansion.

More record-breaking deals are expected in 2022, as developers tend to sell new luxury homes slowly to generate the highest price possible. Moreover, with the border with China expected to open in the new year, mainland buyers are expected to return to Hong Kong and drive up sales.

Big data centre operators like GDS and ChinData are working to reduce emissions from their digital infrastructure. Can China cut its dependence on coal-fired plants and accelerate the transition to clean energy?

The discovery of Omicron, the new Covid-19 strain, has brought a fresh wave of volatility to Asian markets, which have reacted with alarm to the WHO declaring it a “variant of concern”.

However, Hong Kong’s lenders are lagging behind peers in Europe, Britain, and Canada, according to the survey by a Paris-based management consultancy exclusively previewed by the Post.

Lau and his family-controlled Chinese Estates Holdings Limited had been involved either as a buyer, or the seller, in almost every significant transaction by China Evergrande Group, ever since Hui listed the Shenzhen property company for HK$6.5 billion in Hong Kong in 2009.

The road maps for the two special administrative regions set out ambitious political goals, as well as economic ones.

Syngenta Group’s offering is expected to be the biggest ever on Shanghai’s Star Market, raising up to US$10 billion.

China’s central government instructed authorities in Guangdong province to map out a plan to manage Evergrande’s debt problems.

Hong Kong’s financial secretary appointed an inspector to look into the affairs of Next Digital. It’s the first such move since Richard Farrant was tasked to probe the collapse of investment bank Peregrine in 1999.

Vitasoy shares plunged 10 per cent last week in the aftermath of a leaked internal memo and a backlash by consumers in mainland China. Can the firm behind the city’s venerable brand tame the crisis?

While market observers have lauded the company’s initial response to the crisis, they say that the company has a long way to go to rectify the underlying issues.