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The future of Hong Kong

Can Hong Kong make a giant leap to commercial space insurance?

As global wealth moves towards Asia, Hong Kong is stepping up

Hong Kong must remain outward-looking to thrive: past and present TDC leaders

Hong Kong economy

City view of Hong Kong in 2025. Photo: Xinhua

Opinion

Hong Kong Opinion

Hong Kong must be ready for Chinese firms’ ‘great repatriation’ of wealth

Illustration: Victor Sanjinez

A woman walks past financial district high-rise buildings in Singapore on May 19. Photo: AFP

The city’s biggest growth catalyst of the next decade will be to embrace its role as China’s global treasury capital.


Why Hong Kong should be very interested in the Pinglu Canal

Illustration: Craig Stephens

The Madao Hub, a control and navigation structure along the Pinglu Canal in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, under construction on March 29. Photo: Xinhua

A worker looks on near a cargo ship carrying containers at the Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on May 9, 2025. Photo: Reuters

China-Asean trade is expected to surge as the Pinglu Canal synergises with the Hainan free-trade zone – creating demand for services Hong Kong can provide.


Can Hong Kong break London’s maritime insurance grip?

A container ship transits towards the Panama Canal a day after Chinese state‑owned Cosco Shipping announced the suspension of its services at the Port of Balboa in Panama City, on March 11. Photo: EPA

A French navy vessel sails by the Russian oil tanker Tagor, suspected of flying a false Cameroonian flag and boarded by the French navy on May 31, as it arrives at Douarnenez Bay in France, on June 2. French authorities have released the Russian captain of the tanker suspected of belonging to Moscow’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet”. Photo: AFP

An alternative system is needed to end Washington and London’s ability to weaponise maritime insurance for their geopolitical ends.


A video still showing SpaceX’s Starship SN9 exploding on landing on a test flight on February 2, 2021, near Boca Chica, Texas. Globally, from 2023-2025, an estimated US$3.5 billion in space insurance claims were paid out. Photo: SpaceX/AFP

The explosive growth of China’s commercial space business, combined with geopolitical realities, gives the city a captive market.


In this series, SCMP editor-in-chief Chow Chung-yan lays out his vision of what’s next for Hong Kong, from examining the impact of mainland China’s Pinglu Canal to highlighting the industries the city is best placed to succeed in.


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The future of Hong Kong

In this series, SCMP editor-in-chief Chow Chung-yan lays out his vision of what’s next for Hong Kong, from examining the impact of mainland China’s Pinglu Canal to highlighting the industries the city is best placed to succeed in.

Opinion | Why another golden era for Hong Kong is just around the corner

The city’s biggest growth catalyst of the next decade will be to embrace its role as China’s global treasury capital.

Opinion | Why Hongkongers should be very interested in the Pinglu Canal

China-Asean trade is expected to surge as the Pinglu Canal synergises with the Hainan free-trade zone – creating demand for services Hong Kong can provide.

Opinion | Can Hong Kong break London’s maritime insurance grip?

An alternative system is needed to end Washington and London’s ability to weaponise maritime insurance for their geopolitical ends.

Opinion | Can Hong Kong make a giant leap to commercial space insurance?

The explosive growth of China’s commercial space business, combined with geopolitical realities, gives the city a captive market.

The future of Hong Kong

In this series, SCMP editor-in-chief Chow Chung-yan lays out his vision of what’s next for Hong Kong, from examining the impact of mainland China’s Pinglu Canal to highlighting the industries the city is best placed to succeed in.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | Why another golden era for Hong Kong is just around the corner

The city’s biggest growth catalyst of the next decade will be to embrace its role as China’s global treasury capital.

Opinion | Why Hongkongers should be very interested in the Pinglu Canal

China-Asean trade is expected to surge as the Pinglu Canal synergises with the Hainan free-trade zone – creating demand for services Hong Kong can provide.

Opinion | Can Hong Kong break London’s maritime insurance grip?

An alternative system is needed to end Washington and London’s ability to weaponise maritime insurance for their geopolitical ends.

Opinion | Can Hong Kong make a giant leap to commercial space insurance?

The explosive growth of China’s commercial space business, combined with geopolitical realities, gives the city a captive market.

Opinion | Why another golden era for Hong Kong is just around the corner