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China Business

Global pharma giants turn to Chinese biotech to tap innovation, valuation growth

The foreign investments can help Chinese companies grow and compete on the global stage, according to Citic Securities.

Over a quarter of China’s ultra-wealthy in Beijing and Shanghai, report says

Everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s US dollar peg

Banking & Finance

Meet the next generation of Chinese stars making their mark in global finance

New finance talent brings analytical discipline and cross-cultural fluency across global asset management, crypto and quant trading.

From left are Tian Zhou, Wei Li and Katherine Wu. Photo: Handout
From left are Tian Zhou, Wei Li and Katherine Wu. Photo: Handout

Banking & Finance

Investor linked to Ningbo’s richest man buys Hong Kong luxury home for US$18.5m

Deal adds to signs of mainland Chinese wealth entering the city’s high-end residential market despite a slowdown in overall activity.

Banking & Finance

Don’t panic: China says 20% offshore insurance tax does not target Hong Kong

Beijing urged the market not to overreact to the policy – which it stressed was not new – after reports of the tax triggered a sell-off in Hong Kong.

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China Business

Sugar for the pill: US$8b fund boosts Hong Kong’s biotech hub ambitions

Hong Kong Investment Corporation is stepping up its efforts to position itself amid Beijing’s challenge to US pharmaceutical dominance.

Clara Chan Ka-chai, CEO of Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) Photo: Enoch Yiu
Clara Chan Ka-chai, CEO of Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) Photo: Enoch Yiu

Companies

Hang Lung Properties names former Starbucks China head Leo Tsoi as new CEO

Tsoi’s appointment marks Hang Lung’s first CEO change since Adriel Chan took over from his father Ronnie Chan as chairman in 2024.

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s US dollar peg faces fresh calls for review – but is change feasible?

Economists and financial analysts warn abandoning the anchor would pose risks that far outweigh potential rewards.

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China Business

Global AI trade revival brightens outlook for Chinese tech stocks

Improved corporate earnings and a broader global tech rebound are helping stocks bounce back from a record monthly decline.

The tech-heavy Star Market 50 Index on the Shanghai Stock Exchange is expected to close the week up by about 6 per cent. Photo: Shutterstock

China Business

Hong Kong preferred base as Chinese SOEs consolidate overseas accounts

City’s attractions include international banking system, deep capital markets, offshore yuan pool and close links with mainland.

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Hong Kong is becoming a hub for central state-owned enterprises’ treasury centres. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong is becoming a hub for central state-owned enterprises’ treasury centres. Photo: Jelly Tse

Commodities

Gold’s price potential still ‘explosive’ amid Beijing hoarding

Rising demand from central banks to drive a rebound despite temporary downside pressure from energy and interest rates, Goldman Sachs says.

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Markets

From Hong Kong’s bond futures to SpaceX: the numbers moving markets

Hong Kong’s sovereign debt debut, SpaceX’s first public earnings and shifting energy markets are all in the spotlight.

China Economy

In Focus | ‘Quiet luxury’: why premium Chinese consumers are embracing home-grown brands

A growing number of local brands are winning over premium consumers who prize craftsmanship, innovation and a high‑value sense of luxury.

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China Business

Swire Pacific posts record first-half profit as investment surges to fresh high

The Hong Kong-based conglomerate saw its underlying profits soar by 48 per cent year on year in the first half of 2026.

Swire Pacific has reported record first-half profits. Photo: SCMP/Fung Chang
Swire Pacific has reported record first-half profits. Photo: SCMP/Fung Chang

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong raises Silver Bonds coupon rate to 4.25% for latest batch

The city plans to issue up to HK$50 billion of Silver Bonds next month, with the higher rate intended to pre-empt a rise in US interest rates.

Tech Trends

The ‘rice of electronics’: AI boom is fuelling China’s MLCC supply chain

Driven by the insatiable computing needs of global AI infrastructure, the upstream MLCC supply chain is racing to expand capacity.

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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
Nicholas Spiro

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

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

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

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Howard Yu

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

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Bernard Chan

Opinion | Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI

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Macroscope | Emerging markets have a concentration problem. Investors will have to live with it

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