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China Business

Investors pivot from ‘single bet’ China view to target individual winners: DBS

DBS forecasts that China’s benchmark CSI 300 Index will reach 9,500 by 2040, more than double its current level.

Next-level travel: how up to 13 days off could push China’s tourism to new highs

ChinaAMC launches 3 Hong Kong ETFs as demand for targeted strategies grows

Business

Developers seek Kowloon East rezoning for residential development

Planning Department says it has no objection to application but suggests a number of approval conditions to Town Planning Board.

The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and the Kwun Tong waterfront. Photo: Karma Lo
The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal and the Kwun Tong waterfront. Photo: Karma Lo

Tech Trends

Tencent launches payment app for foreign visitors ahead of Apec summit

The app allows overseas visitors to make payments across WeChat Pay’s network using foreign cards and digital wallets.

Banking & Finance

Morgan Stanley leak of confidential deal pipeline alarms Hong Kong market

Morgan Stanley says it ‘promptly took steps to address this inadvertent sharing of information’ and that it is engaged with relevant parties.

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China Business

1,700% share surge for Chinese compressor maker exposes listing risks

Bourse operator dampens ShenGu Group frenzy, but large population of individual investors and exchange rules make IPO speculation likely.

An employee works at ShenGu Group in Shenyang City, in China’s northeast Liaoning province. Photo: Xinhua
An employee works at ShenGu Group in Shenyang City, in China’s northeast Liaoning province. Photo: Xinhua

China Economy

China has scrapped two-thirds of its planned coal power plants abroad: report

The cutbacks have saved 6.4 billion tonnes of potential carbon emissions, though campaign’s momentum slowed last year, report finds.

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Hong Kong & China

What is tempting foreign investors back to China’s commercial property market?

Cross-border capital remains thin, but cheaper yuan financing and an expanding Reit market are opening pathways for global funds, analysts say.

Business

Hong Kong rises in property market transparency rankings, but trails Singapore

Hong Kong jumped one place to 14th in list of world’s most transparent real estate markets as Asian destinations made progress.

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Hong Kong ranks as the world’s 14th most transparent property market, according to a new report. Photo: Karma Lo

Tech

Trump sells tens of millions in AI, tech shares, led by Microsoft

US president made over 1,100 trades in July, selling up to US$31 million of Microsoft and US$26 million of Amazon, disclosures show.

President Donald Trump is seen during an event in the White House on August 31, 2026, in Washington. Photo: AP Photo
President Donald Trump is seen during an event in the White House on August 31, 2026, in Washington. Photo: AP Photo

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong aims to add yuan trading counter to southbound Stock Connect by July 1

Move marks the latest step in Hong Kong’s efforts to advance internationalisation of the Chinese currency.

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong maps out gold, bond and liquidity push to deepen offshore yuan use

HKEX to launch yuan gold futures as HKMA eyes new products and platforms to expand offshore market activity.

Business

Will Hong Kong property market benefit as online financial firms get physical?

Online brokerages and digital banks are opening branches across city after a sharp drop in shop rents in prime locations.

A Futu Securities International branch in Causeway Bay. Photo: Sam Tsang

China Business

Chinese EV battery giant CATL starts trial production in Hungary

Analyst says development could see it secure massive orders from global marques such as BMW and Volkswagen.

The CATL exhibition hall. as this month’s World Power Battery Conference in Yibin, Sichuan province. Photo: Xinhua
The CATL exhibition hall. as this month’s World Power Battery Conference in Yibin, Sichuan province. Photo: Xinhua

China Business

AI trade rallies on falling oil and Meta’s Muse agent ahead of Xi-Trump meeting

Nasdaq-100 hits record high while chip stocks in China and South Korea rebound, with investors betting that AI earnings can weather higher interest rates.

Markets

Chinese robot-sensor maker launches Hong Kong IPO amid US vacuum ban

Camsense Technologies aims to raise about US$87 million in a Hong Kong listing backed by carmaker BYD.

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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
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Opinion | Bad money decisions are coming home to roost for the US and Japan

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