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Visitors enjoy the lush, futuristic interior of Chongqing’s The Ring Shopping Park, one of many new developments in China combining retail with expansive greenery and unique architectural features. Photo: Getty Images

Business

Park life: why China’s malls are building forests, waterfalls and sky walkways

Developers are getting creative as they try to entice China’s shoppers, who increasingly demand novelty and lush green space.

The Stock Connect problem: why can’t investors buy the mainland’s top AI stocks?

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Why Hong Kong’s lofty wealth status matters to high-end malls

Banking & Finance

China will enhance regulation of programme trading: CSRC chairman

China’s top securities regulator says new measures needed to ‘prevent someone from abusing the technology’.

Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, speaks at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing in March. Photo: Reuters
Wu Qing, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, speaks at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People’s Congress in Beijing in March. Photo: Reuters

Banking & Finance

Mainlanders can still open bank accounts in Hong Kong despite new rules: HKMA

Some mainlanders have reported having applications to open Hong Kong accounts rejected amid China’s tightening cross-border investment controls.

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China Business

Chinese carriers seize two-thirds share of post-pandemic air routes

Geopolitical headwinds and economic uncertainties continue to disrupt the aviation industry’s post-pandemic recovery, IBA says.

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With AI able to predict disease, can we treat ageing like a ‘bug’ in the system?

AI is transforming longevity as companies like METiS TechBio and Human Longevity use algorithms to combat ageing and predict health risks.

Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Big Tech

China launches space computing hub as SpaceX gears up for historic IPO

New institute highlights Beijing’s bid to leapfrog energy bottlenecks and underscores how tech race with US is moving off-planet.

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China EVs

Why foreign marques are struggling to keep pace with Chinese EV demand

Domestic brands surge on fresh incentives and better batteries, while foreign carmakers fail to sustain their earlier market share.

Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong taps group of experts to help rewrite rules for tokenised bonds

HKMA sets up the collective, spanning 21 institutions, in push to expand blockchain-based issuance beyond government pilots.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) logo in IFC Two. Photo: Jonathan Wong

China Business

China sees revival of foreign investors through IPOs, convertibles: UBS

The trend is part of a broader recovery of interest in Chinese assets from investors overseas.

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A terrace in Beijing’s central business district in China. Photo: Getty Images
A terrace in Beijing’s central business district in China. Photo: Getty Images

China Business

Mainland investors face uncertainty amid regulatory crackdown

Tighter overseas investment rules are leading some investors to shift to mainland-approved channels as Hong Kong brokers restrict access.

China Business

AI effect vaults China’s Zhongji Innolight to top of stock benchmark

Maker of optical modules surpasses CATL in weighting thanks to off-the-charts demand from Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Huawei.

Banking & Finance

Hong Kong’s proposed fund talent tax break set to sharpen edge over Singapore

Incentive will give Hong Kong the lowest tax rate globally for fund managers whose income is largely driven by performance fees, sources say.

The measure is poised to make Hong Kong the first major Asian financial centre to grant tax relief on such bonuses. Photo: Eugene Lee

China Business

Is Hong Kong losing its tech edge to the mainland’s AI boom?

Chinese investors are shifting from Hong Kong to mainland stocks, driven by AI opportunities and better returns.

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Exchange Square in Central, headquarters of Hong Kong's stock exchange. Photo: Jelly Tse
Exchange Square in Central, headquarters of Hong Kong's stock exchange. Photo: Jelly Tse

China Business

China’s BYD, Chery chart 80% growth overseas as EV demand spikes

‘Eye-catching’ numbers show efforts paying off amid growing brand recognition abroad and tepid sales at home, analysts say.

Business

CLP’s Betty Yuen sells Mid-Levels flat as Hong Kong luxury market improves

US$6.5 million sale in Po Garden delivers a 238 per cent gain, as mainland buyers sustain demand for high-end homes in the city.

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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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