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From Ikea to Muji, foreign brands still bet big on Chinese consumers

Lifestyle-product retailers are investing in new stores in China, as richer consumers continue to splurge on quality imports.

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A unit of state-owned China Merchants Group is pushing a range of automation and digital technologies to make ports smarter.

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China’s embattled property developers see sales surge in October

A release of pent-up demand driven by rate cuts has given developers a much-needed sales boost.

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Residential buildings under construction by Chinese real estate developer Vanke in Hangzhou. Photo: AFP

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Alibaba gives sellers a sweeter deal as Singles’ Day switch-up bears fruit

China’s largest e-commerce firm was slipping in the war for consumers’ wallets. Then it reshaped its relationship with merchants.

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Chinese power chipmaker Innoscience found to have infringed rival’s patent

The US International Trade Commission rules that Innoscience infringed one of the patents of American firm Efficient Power Conversion Corp.

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Global businesses bet on China’s market despite US trade tensions

On the sidelines of Shanghai’s CIIE trade fair, foreign companies brush away fears of a new US-China trade war after Trump’s victory.

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TSMC halts advanced chip orders from mainland China, source says

TSMC has told mainland Chinese clients it will no longer produce advanced chips for them, according to person briefed on the notice.

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TSMC is the world’s largest contract chip maker. Photo: Reuters

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Hong Kong home prices to bottom out in short term after rate cut: analysts

Unexpected prime-rate cut by local lenders seen bringing more buyers into market, shoring up prices.

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L’Oreal strengthens China supply chain to reduce risk of disruption

‘We are working on this programme of localisation, trying to produce as much as we can, where we can in China,’ executive says.

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US chip restrictions are hindering AI ambitions of China’s top chip foundry

SMIC co-CEO Zhao Haijun said the foundry can still benefit from rising demand for less advanced ‘legacy chips’ required for some AI products.

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DBS buys entire 75th floor in The Center in bullish sign for office market

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The exterior view of The Center building in Central, once the world’s most expensive office tower. Photo: Nora Tam

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HSBC, 5 other Hong Kong banks cut interest rates to lowest in 2 years

Cuts could lighten monthly mortgage burden by HK$709 for a typical HK$5 million, 30-year loan, a broker says.

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Hong Kong futures slide after Beijing unveils plan for local government debt

In the regular session, the Hang Seng Index declined 1.1 per cent, but things went south after the close.

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China declares worst is over for housing market. Others see more misery

While China’s September stimulus blitz has restored US$4 trillion of value to stock markets, the wealth effect in the property sector is less obvious and immediate.

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Transformers: the rise of smartphone makers in China’s EV arena

Thanks to an advanced supply chain, companies with no history making cars are challenging for supremacy in China’s EV market.

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When it comes to EVs, Chinese consumers are spoiled for choice

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In electric buses as with EVs, it’s China versus rest of the world

As China’s market matures, exports hold the key to future profitability for Yutong, Foton and peers in rivalry with European electric-bus producers.

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