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China’s Geely Auto raises bar on car safety with world’s largest test centre

Carmaker expands testing to 27 categories at Ningbo facility to prioritise safety over discounts in a crowded market.

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With luxury absent, new entrants steady Hong Kong retail property

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Vanke’s bondholders reject payment extension, raising default risk

14 Dec 2025 - 5:00PM

Big Tech

China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones

Hangzhou robotics unicorn’s platform is designed to bring embodied intelligence into everyday life.

14 Dec 2025 - 4:49PM

Unitree Robotics is preparing for a listing on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market. Photo: Handout

China Business

Cold spots are hot tickets as southern Chinese head north to ski

Ski resorts record big visitor increases as high-speed rail and flight expansions bring in those who have tried the sport in indoor venues.

14 Dec 2025 - 12:30PM

Business

Shanghai retail landscape evolves with new malls, shift to experiential shopping

Hang Lung, New World and Swire are renovating and expanding their malls in Shanghai to stay relevant in a competitive environment.

14 Dec 2025 - 11:30AM

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China Business

China’s EV battery giants wade into shipbuilding to bolster Beijing’s dominance

CATL and Gotion add momentum to China’s efforts to build new-energy vessels amid an accelerated decarbonisation drive.

14 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM

A vessel powered by CATL batteries. Photo: Handout

Companies

High-end car sales sink in China as cheaper brands trump European marques

Many buyers were swayed by a 20,000 yuan (US$2,830 ) trade-in subsidy offered by the government for purchasing electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

14 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM

Tech Trends

Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock

The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.

14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM

Companies

Yau Tong project nearly sells out amid hopes of home market recovery in 2026

The flats at One Park Place were in high demand after developers Sino Land, CSI Properties and MTR offered discounts of up to 15 per cent.

13 Dec 2025 - 6:54PM

A view of One Park Place in Yau Tong. Photo: Google maps

China Economy

‘A violation’? China’s airlines in the hot seat over hidden extra fees

Seat selection fees are becoming more common in China as airlines grapple with squeezed profit margins, but consumers are pushing back.

13 Dec 2025 - 6:00PMvideocam

Passengers board an Air China flight at an airport in Beijing. China’s major airlines are facing criticism for charging extra seat selection fees. Photo: Getty Images

Companies

McDonald’s Hong Kong named Company of the Year at SCMP Live’s Business Awards

The restaurant chain’s CEO Randy Lai and chairman Zhang Yichen received the award from SCMP’s CEO Catherine So at an event on Friday.

13 Dec 2025 - 2:46PM

China Business

Chinese robotaxi firm Pony.ai bets on ‘asset-light’ strategy for growth

Firm sees working with partners as the best way to expand service in the mainland and beyond.

12 Dec 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

Companies

Manulife becomes first insurer to redomicile in Hong Kong

Move from Bermuda ‘reflects our deep-rooted belief in Hong Kong’s future and its importance to our business,’ Hong Kong and Macau CEO says.

12 Dec 2025 - 7:50PM

Patrick Graham, CEO of Manulife (International) Hong Kong and Macau, photographed in Ngau Tau Kok on June 3, 2024. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Business

Hongkong Land poised to launch US$6 billion Singapore property fund

The real estate fund, including stakes in One Raffles Quay and Marina Bay Financial Centre, will be Singapore’s largest, company says.

12 Dec 2025 - 7:30PM

People walk across the Jubilee Bridge at the Marina Bay waterfront in Singapore on November 21, 2025. Photo: AFP

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong needs to attract global champions to broaden fundraising base: FSDC

Think tank urges the expansion of connect schemes to cover a wider range of asset classes and the promotion of digital asset trading.

12 Dec 2025 - 5:30PM

China Business

‘China’s little Nvidia’ warns of overheating risks after 723% share surge

Moore Threads shares drop 13 per cent on Friday after the GPU maker cautions investors to ‘make decisions prudently and invest rationally’.

12 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM

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Banking & Finance

Exclusive | Meet the Illinois farmer sowing the seeds of the world’s biggest IPOs of 2026

Jeff Rowe, a fifth-generation Illinois farmer, runs a Chinese-owned Swiss company in Basel that is aiming for one of the world’s largest IPOs in Hong Kong, due in 2026.

6 Dec 2025 - 11:18AM

Jeff Rowe, the CEO of Syngenta, at his family farm in the US state of Illinois on September 30, 2025. Photo: Anthony Collins/Handout

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago

Hong Kong’s rise as a fintech hub is due to the concerted regulatory push, with the city competing with Singapore for regional leadership.

30 Nov 2025 - 4:44PMvideocam

Business

Hong Kong talent scheme: They came for jobs. Will they stay to buy homes?

Imported professionals could sustain the property market – if they put down roots and transition from renting to owning.

22 Nov 2025 - 10:00AM

Tech War

How Nexperia saga exposes Europe’s waning influence in US-China chip war

The dispute around the Dutch chipmaker shows the erosion of Europe’s geopolitical neutrality in the face of escalating US-China rivalry.

15 Nov 2025 - 11:00AM

Nexperia is caught in a geopolitical tussle between the Netherlands and China. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

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Opinion | How China is cementing its central role as the architect of green tech

Hiba Malik

11 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM

Ma Jun,Sean Kidney

Opinion | How yuan internationalisation is helping to close the climate finance gap

Ma Jun

Sean Kidney

3 Dec 2025 - 8:30PM

Macroscope | What China, not the free market, gets right about climate finance

Anthony Rowley

22 Nov 2025 - 5:29PM

Opinion | As Japan takes aim at crypto, first mover Hong Kong must look out

Hugh Harsono

21 Nov 2025 - 5:46PM

Opinion | As China’s tech rises, companies must rethink their R&D strategy

Ni Tao

21 Nov 2025 - 5:30AM

Opinion | Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai: the rise of the ‘family office triangle’

Radu Magdin

19 Nov 2025 - 4:30PM

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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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Taiwan firm creates clothing from banana waste

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