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Hainan
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Haikou
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Party Secretary of Hainan Feng Fei
The Haikou International Duty Free Shopping Complex in Haikou, capital of Hainan province. Photo: Xinhua
China consumption

China’s Hainan hosts duty-free shopping spree under new customs regime

A flurry of activity accompanied the official establishment of the island’s tariff and tax exemptions - but will the frenzy last?

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China property

China Jinmao sells 5-star Ritz-Carlton hotel in Sanya for US$322 million

Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong can and must remain competitive with Hainan

China trade

China’s Hainan launches separate customs regime allowing tariff-free imports

Most goods can enter Hainan with zero import duties under the new system, as China looks to turn the island into a strategic buffer zone.

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Shoppers browse an international duty-free mall in Sanya, a city in China’s southern Hainan province. Hainan has implemented a slew of special policies to attract global talent and tourists in recent years. Photo: Xinhua
China's space programme

China launches satellite ‘super factory’ in bid to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink

The facility features a ‘factory-to-launch’ pipeline, expected to make it faster and cheaper to build low Earth orbit constellations.

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South China Sea

Opinion | How does China’s modernising navy stack up against the US seventh fleet?

Between what the US can sustain in the region vs what China can concentrate near its shores, the calculation increasingly favours Beijing.

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China trade

China’s Xi Jinping says Hainan will spearhead ‘new era’ of opening up

The island province will launch a separate customs regime in December, with the president urging officials to ensure a smooth transition.

Tourists visit an international duty-free mall in Sanya, China’s southern Hainan province. Beijing aims to turn the island province into a free-trade port. Photo Xinhua
Asia travel

How Hainan is using hip-hop to rebrand luxury in China

‘The Chinese Hawaii’ just hosted Scott – and it’s a sign that China is embracing music it once scorned for larger consumerist ambitions.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong has set course to join the ‘yacht club of Asia’. Can it find a way?

Yacht tourism could potentially be worth billions of dollars annually to Hong Kong’s economy, but unlocking that potential remains a challenge.

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China energy security

In a first, China launches commercial underwater data centre to power data future

The project could prove a boon for sustainability, as underwater data centres consume less energy than land-based facilities.

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A new data centre capsule integrated into an energy-efficient underwater data processing cluster near Hainan province earlier this year. Photo: CCTV
Super Typhoon Ragasa

Super Typhoon Ragasa: Shenzhen to evacuate 400,000; Guangdong suspends trains

Ragasa is expected to make landfall from Shanwei in Guangdong province to Wenchang in Hainan sometime on Wednesday.

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A cloud map from the Fengyun-4 satellite shows Super Typhoon Ragasa, which is expected to make landfall in China on Wednesday. Photo: handout
China economy

Opinion | How Hainan and Hong Kong can build on each other’s success

Both are well positioned to support the next phase of China’s reform and opening up by aligning their unique strengths.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong could face windy, wet weekend as potential tropical cyclone forms

Area of low pressure may turn into a tropical cyclone over waters off the Philippines, Observatory says.

Vietnam

‘Terrifying’ Typhoon Kajiki batters Vietnam, blowing roofs off homes

The country’s weather agency said rainfall could reach 500 millimetres until the end of Tuesday in several parts of northern Vietnam.

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Waves surge in Ha Tinh province, Vietnam on Monday as Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall. Photo: AP
China trade

Beijing plans big expansion of tariff-free access to Hainan from December

A separate customs zone will be established in the tropical island province from mid-December, enhancing its free-trade credentials.

A staff member packs duty-free goods at a duty-free store in Haikou, the capital of south China’s Hainan province, on July 5. Photo: Xinhua
Financial crime

Chen Feng, founder of Chinese conglomerate HNA, sentenced to 12 years in prison

The 72-year-old businessman was charged with harming the interests of a listed company, among other issues.

Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong could serve as stablecoin test bed to raise yuan’s profile

Hong Kong’s stablecoins can serve as a testing ground for the mainland, providing both experience and lessons, HashKey Group CEO says.

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Censorship in China

China will drop the Great Firewall for some users, but only in southern Hainan

Employees of companies operating in the island province can apply for the ‘Global Connect’ scheme, but some content will remain restricted.

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China’s so-called Great Firewall enforces one of the strictest internet censorship regimes in the world. Photo: Shutterstock
Asia travel

4 rail journeys in modern-day China; a true 21st-century experience

Chinese railways may have developed at an extraordinary pace since the 1980s, but some journeys have more to offer the curious traveller than others

US-China trade war

The duty-free island trying to lure Chinese shoppers amid the trade war

Hainan, a tropical island in southern China, has special customs policies allowing shops to maintain low prices even amid sky-high tariffs.

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China’s navy

Chinese navy puts giant warship on show to the public for anniversary

For the first time, people on the mainland can take a close look at the PLA’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship Hainan.

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China’s Xian and Yimeng Shan are berthed in Shanghai on Wednesday as part of celebrations of the Chinese Navy. Photo: CCTV
Durians in China

China’s durian determination yields golden home-grown bounty in Hainan

Tropical Hainan province has defied sceptics and rewarded investors with China-grown durian, but it ‘simply cannot compete’ with booming imports from Southeast Asia.

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China's economic recovery

Xi urges foreign firms to resist ‘acts that turn back the wheel of history’

Xi meets with business reps as China takes aim at unilateralism and protectionism while ramping up a charm offensive for foreign investors against the backdrop of two global conferences.

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Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong devoted to bolstering foreign ties, John Lee says at Boao Forum

Chief executive touts international connections following Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s call for city to expand global ties.

Tourism

6 marinas that are destinations in themselves

Marinas in Monaco and Dubai are billionaires’ playgrounds while Sanya is growing as a marine tourism hub and Singapore has a bustling port.

Port Hercules, in Monaco, is among several marinas around the world that are worth visiting even if you don’t possess a boat. Photo: Getty Images
China technology

China’s subsea centre could power 7,000 DeepSeek conversations a second: report

Computing power in underwater computing cluster off Hainan will be used in AI training, game production and marine research: state media.

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A new data centre capsule is sent to an underwater data processing cluster near Hainan in southern China. The centre uses seawater to stay cool and conserve energy. Photo: CCTV
China-Russia relations

China-Russia flights to take off, with Beijing, Shanghai and Hainan on the radar

Additional direct flights from St Petersburg to Beijing and Shanghai are set to be added next year, while flights to Hainan will also resume.

Biomedicine: Companies

Hong Kong start-up eyes global pest control market with scent-based products

Plasticvore is a two-year old biotech start-up offering alternative, humane solutions to controlling and eliminating pests, founder says.

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