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Companies

Will K-pop give South Korean retailers an edge in China market?

Even though China’s convenience store market is crowded with Chinese rivals and foreign peers like 7-Eleven, it remains far from saturated.

Hong Kong vows stronger exchange with reforms, bond futures and gold push

Xtep opens first Saucony store in Hong Kong, eyes more premium retail sites

China Business

EV influx, US rare earth miners blacklisted, China-EU trade talks

This week: Automakers ready to debut 150-plus EVs before year-end, China blacklists US companies including rare earth miners, foreign businesses encouraged to sell shares in China. Next week: Commerce Minister Wang Wentao heads to Brussels, new overseas investment rules take effect, June factory activity data release and more.

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Photo: AFP

China Business

China’s unicorns rise to 381 as ByteDance ranks in top 3 globally: Hurun index

The tech firm is valued behind only OpenAI and Anthropic – while DeepSeek enters the global top 15.

Global Economy

Indonesia set to issue US$1 billion in panda bonds in China

The Southeast Asian country will offer the bonds in an attempt to better stabilise its national finances as the rupiah continues to fall.

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Banking & Finance

Hong Kong FDI inflows up 36% so far this year: InvestHK data

A total of 413 companies set up or expanded their businesses in the city in the first six months.

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee speaks at the annual InvestHK reception on Tuesday. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee speaks at the annual InvestHK reception on Tuesday. Photo: Handout

China Business

Banking on it: Chinese EVs expand their global footprint

With a boost in global exports offsetting domestic dips, banks forecast significant growth in overseas markets – especially western Europe.

Business

Penthouse in Hong Kong’s Mid-Levels sells for US$48.5m, sets pricing benchmark

The record per square foot pricing for new homes this year highlights the growing momentum in the city’s luxury property market.

China Business

Hang Seng Index caps worst week in over a year amid tech sell-off

Signs of an unwinding of record-high leveraged bets on AI stocks in South Korea and Taiwan sours sentiment in Asian trading.

A view of Exchange Square in Central, site of the headquarters of bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Photo: Jelly Tse

China Business

How 156 new car models could trigger a ‘do-or-die’ crisis in China’s EV market

A record wave of launches – mostly EVs – threatens to overwhelm demand, forcing smaller players into a fight for survival.

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BYD displays one of its luxury models at Auto China in Beijing on April 24. Photo: Reuters
BYD displays one of its luxury models at Auto China in Beijing on April 24. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s IPO Connect push: why investors see it as the next frontier

Calls grow to further expand Hong Kong’s connect scheme with mainland China markets amid drive for deeper capital flows.

Markets

HKEX pushes deeper into index business as AI reshapes Hong Kong market

The bourse wants proprietary indices to better capture China’s technology boom as traditional Hong Kong benchmarks trail regional peers.

Tech

China’s Trip.com faces revenue slowdown, warns of ‘significant fine’ from probe

Country’s top travel site signals turbulence ahead amid rising energy costs, geopolitical tensions and mounting regulatory pressure.

Passengers walk out of the arrivals hall of the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong province. Photo: Xinhua

Climate and energy

Brazil eyes China ties to boost green investments and aid low-carbon transition

Brazilian Finance Minister Dario Durigan speaks at green finance round table in Beijing co-organised by AIIB.

Dario Durigan, Brazil’s Minister of Finance, speaks with the media in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Dario Durigan, Brazil’s Minister of Finance, speaks with the media in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

China’s Big Fund becomes SMIC’s third-largest shareholder after record buyout

The landmark deal consolidates the Big Fund as third largest owner of SMIC, China’s largest wafer foundry.

Economy

Bank of China accused of exploiting tax preferences to avoid paying US$348m

The bank channelled funds through affiliates and mass employee investors to pass off private funds as public, China’s top auditor says.

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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.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
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OPINION
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