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US drugmakers are increasingly looking to Chinese biotechs as an answer to the revenue gaps left by the looming ‘patent cliff’. Illustration by Henry Wong

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Are Chinese biotechs what the doctor ordered as Big Pharma faces ‘patent cliff’?

US drug makers are racing to plug looming ‘patent cliff’ revenue gaps – and increasingly they are turning to China biotechs.

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China’s Sugon launches AI infrastructure to rival platforms from Nvidia, Huawei

19 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM

China eyes mastery of EUV lithography, bolstering AI chip ambitions: analysts

19 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM

China Business

China Vanke’s managers have no plans to sell shares as firm fights for survival

Vanke, responding to queries from investors, says top managers have not notified it about their intentions so far.

19 Dec 2025 - 7:15PMvideocam

Vanke said it had completed 19 bulk asset transactions in the first three quarters of this year totalling 6.86 billion yuan. Photo: Reuters

China Business

BeOne Medicines names R&D chief Wang Lai as co-president amid global expansion

BeOne generated global revenue of about US$3.8 billion last year, driven by its flagship products Brukinsa and Tevimbra.

19 Dec 2025 - 6:43PM

Big Tech

Alibaba ramps up China instant commerce push with Cainiao and Tmall tie-up

Partnership designed to expand warehouse network and boost Taobao Shangou’s rapid service as rivals Meituan and JD.com scale up facilities.

19 Dec 2025 - 6:15PM

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Rosewood opens French ski resort after sources say hotel brand is not for sale

Luxury hotel group announces Courchevel resort’s opening, just days after sources said the prized brand was not for sale.

19 Dec 2025 - 6:56PM

General view of the Rosewood Hong Kong hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Dickson Lee

Banking & Finance

Chinese AI, chip start-ups court global investors with Hong Kong listing plans

GigaDevice and Montage are each aiming to raise as much as US$1 billion from Hong Kong listings as early as January, report says.

19 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM

China Business

China’s pharmaceutical industry transforms into a global innovation powerhouse

The China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Invention Index, a new gauge, highlights top drug makers on the mainland for the first time.

19 Dec 2025 - 8:30AM

Tech War

US launches review of Nvidia’s H200 chip sales to China: sources

The inter-agency licensing review involves the US departments of Commerce, State, Energy and Defence.

19 Dec 2025 - 3:35PM

A high-performance server equipped with Nvidia’s H200 graphics processing units seen at an event in Barcelona, Spain, earlier this year. Photo: Shutterstock

China Business

Hong Kong stocks cap longest win streak in 3 weeks as US inflation cools

Soft US inflation data strengthens the case for monetary easing as the Hang Seng Index gains for a third day.

19 Dec 2025 - 4:58PM

General view of the Exchange Square in Central. Photo: Jelly Tse

China Business

Can rising lithium costs save China’s energy storage firms from a price war?

China’s battery makers raise prices amid lithium rebound and global AI energy demand.

19 Dec 2025 - 2:00PM

Science

Drug development can take over a decade. AI helped make a medicine in 18 months

Evidence that AI tools can slash years off early-stage analysis will ‘revolutionise drug discovery’, researchers say.

19 Dec 2025 - 11:18AMvideocam

Tech

China to remain biggest buyer of chipmaking equipment through 2027: SEMI

China chipmakers are projected to continue outspending the world on wafer fab equipment through 2027, report says.

19 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM

China will remain the top consumer of semiconductor manufacturing hardware at least until 2027, a report says. Photo: Xinhua

Tech Trends

SenseTime pushes open-source AI model to provide a ‘smart brain’ for every robot

The Chinese AI pioneer also releases first robot dogs under new venture Ace Robotics.

19 Dec 2025 - 2:51PM

The first robot dog products unveiled on Thursday by Ace Robotics, a new venture of SenseTime. Photo: Handout

Property

Qube takes six floors at Two IFC as falling rents lure financial giants

Qube’s expansion mirrors a broader trend among financial firms taking advantage of softer rents to move into higher-grade offices.

18 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM

Big Tech

CATL marks trailblazing deployment of humanoid robots at scale in China plant

The initiative underscores the growing use of intelligent Chinese-made robots in the country’s manufacturing industry.

18 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM

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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

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11 Dec 2025 - 4:30PM

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

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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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