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Tech Trends

Honor of Kings great ‘Cat’ reflects on his past and future in esports

Chen Zhengzheng, legendary competitor in Tencent’s top mobile game, looks back and forward as he transitions to coaching at 28.

Karaoke in the car? China’s new wave of gadget-laden electric vehicles

Reclusive Chinese billionaire strikes US$33m deal to take over Shanghai hotel

Banking & Finance

How China’s young fund managers endured bitter lessons from AI-fuelled sell-off

New portfolio managers were thrust into the spotlight as tech bets soured and client scrutiny intensified during 50-day market turmoil.

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Portfolios reeled from AI-driven shocks in June and July. Photo: Getty Images
Portfolios reeled from AI-driven shocks in June and July. Photo: Getty Images

Markets

Reduce your exposure to US assets before they lose value, Swiss bank warns

Swiss private bank says structurally high inflation and government deficits will erode value of US dollar and Treasuries over the next decade.

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Big Tech

Zhipu launches GLM-5.3 model as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence

Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym.

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Business

Patience needed before human gene therapy trials, Stanford expert says

Human testing could take up to five years to ramp up, but AI approaches will yield results in time, Karoly Nikolich says.

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Karoly Nikolich, pictured at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 8. Photo: Edmond So
Karoly Nikolich, pictured at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 8. Photo: Edmond So

Business

Insurance Authority to prioritise broadening of regional clientele: CEO

In response to changes to mainland tax enforcement, Clement Cheung says city has to make itself ‘less vulnerable and more competitive’.

Markets

From chasing robots to chasing profits: the numbers moving markets

Unitree Robotics, US inflation rates, gold prices, Hong Kong homes and CK Hutchison’s interim results were in the spotlight this week.

China Economy

China’s Central Asia push

China has become Central Asia’s top trading partner, with two-way trade surpassing US$100 billion last year on the back of increased oil and gas imports.

China’s Central Asia push

China Business

Shein is eyeing a valuation rivalling H&M. Will the market buy it?

Ahead of its Hong Kong IPO, the e-commerce firm argues its supply chains and business model give it an edge over traditional rivals.

Packs of clothing are displayed at a garment factory for Shein in the Panyu district of Guangzhou on July 27. Photo: Reuters
Packs of clothing are displayed at a garment factory for Shein in the Panyu district of Guangzhou on July 27. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong to list first Shanghai free-trade zone bond to defend yuan hub status

HKEX announces that a Shanghai Electric subsidiary is set to list a 1.5 billion yuan green bond later this month.

Policy

Chinese central bank’s 15th five-year plan

The People’s Bank of China pledges to expand global use of the yuan to make the country a financial powerhouse in its first stand-alone five-year plan in at least a decade.

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong insurers to weather Beijing’s tax shift with 8-10% premium growth: S&P

Credit-rating agency says heightened scrutiny likely to create compliance hurdles, not destroy demand.

Insurance sales agents approach passers-by on Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Photo: Eugene Lee

China Business

Transit giant CRRC redoubles Hong Kong push as sales pitch to overseas cities

Beijing’s largest rolling stock manufacturer is eyeing a local Kai Tak project – and its autonomous rail transit vehicle – as a launch pad for global expansion.

Workers are seen inside a carriage of an autonomous rapid transit vehicle at a CRRC plant in Yibin, southwest China’s Sichuan province. When construction is complete, the bus will be shipped to Kuching, Malaysia. Photo: Frank Chen
Workers are seen inside a carriage of an autonomous rapid transit vehicle at a CRRC plant in Yibin, southwest China’s Sichuan province. When construction is complete, the bus will be shipped to Kuching, Malaysia. Photo: Frank Chen

Banking & Finance

Exclusive | Hong Kong to reappoint insurance regulator as industry braces for tough period

Insurance Authority CEO Clement Cheung will be reappointed on Friday to help industry navigate Beijing’s tax clampdown, sources said.

Banking & Finance

Chinese banks test repo-linked corporate loans for more market-based pricing

Lenders are shifting loan benchmarks to short-term market rates, which analysts say heightens volatility and tests risk controls.

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China Business

China’s drug makers are speeding up – will AI be their secret weapon?

Chinese biotech firms are striking big global deals as drug makers, but could artificial intelligence take them to the next level?

Illustration by Henry Wong
Illustration by Henry Wong

Markets

Can Hong Kong’s listing reform 2.0 win over innovative firms?

The reforms enhance the city’s appeal for AI, biotech and other firms by slashing the market cap threshold and enabling confidential filings.

Big Tech

Competition or ‘co-opetition’: how is convergence shaping Sino-US AI race?

Speech by CEO of Chinese AI start-up at Nvidia event in US highlights symbiotic nature of tech relationship despite geopolitical tensions.

China EVs

How China’s EV makers think they can outrun disastrous price wars

At Beijing’s urging, an industry largely built on discounting must hold the line on prices and convince buyers to pay for better technology.

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OPINION
Andy Xie

Opinion | Just like with the yen, America cannot save the AI bubble

Andy Xie
Matteo Giovannini

Opinion | Beijing’s offshore insurance tax tests Hong Kong wealth management

Matteo Giovannini
Nicholas Spiro

Macroscope | US efforts to prop up the yen risk doing more harm than good

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Bob Savic

Opinion | Chinese and Western firms are teaming up even as governments fight

Bob Savic
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Liu Min

Opinion | Hong Kong’s Chinese bond futures are a major step for the global yuan

Liu Min
Howard Yu

Opinion | China’s next export is the world’s factory itself

Howard Yu
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How China’s malls are trying to stay relevant

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Pony.ai set to further open China’s autonomous-driving frontier

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What’s behind HSBC’s privatisation of Hang Seng Bank?

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