Hong Kong’s government-backed investment fund is being redeployed to support the city’s sluggish commercial property sector, signaling authorities’ growing willingness to use public funds as a policy tool to steady office valuations and align real estate investment with the city’s industrial ambitions. Attracting foreign institutions, however, might prove challenging. The city’s elevated vacancy rates, looming…
The company behind Qdama, a mainland Chinese meat and fresh produce chain known for its hefty discounts that rise by the hour every evening until the products are completely sold out, is planning to go public in Hong Kong. Qdama International, set up in 2014, has grown to become the mainland’s largest meat and fresh…
Top tech talent in China can expect lavish bonuses for 2025 as big tech firms from ByteDance to Tencent Holdings double down on efforts to retain and lure people with specialised skills in fields such as artificial intelligence. TikTok owner ByteDance expanded its bonus pool by 35 per cent from a year earlier, as well…
A quiet transformation is weaving itself into the fabric of Hong Kong. In recent years, the city’s social and business circles have been energised by a wave of newcomers from across the Chinese mainland. They have brought with them a culinary revolution – restaurants serving flavours from fiery Sichuan to delicate Zhejiang now dot neighbourhoods…
A draft of the “Anti-Monopoly Compliance Guidelines for Internet Platforms”, published over the weekend by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), focused heavily on the sophisticated, often opaque ways in which online platforms with significant market power can exploit technological advantages to exclude rivals and harm consumer interests. The document identified eight “new risks”,…
The state-owned company bought about 1.4 million shares of WeRide and 14,500 shares of Pony.ai in the September quarter, according to its 13F filings released on Friday. The total value of the shares was around US$13.7 million. Temasek has a history of investing in autonomous driving companies. These included the Swedish transport firm Einride, a…
For over a decade, commentators have warned of China’s looming economic decline. Today, the challenges are real: US-China trade frictions, weak household consumption, an overstretched property sector and a shrinking workforce. Making money in China may feel harder than before. Yet to see China solely through the lens of stagnation is to miss the profound…
Hong Kong stocks jumped on Thursday after a one-day break, as signs of stabilisation in the property sector and gains in technology firms boosted sentiment. The Hang Seng Index shot up 1.3 per cent to 27,191.99 as of 9.55am local time. The Hang Seng Tech Index added 2.2 per cent. Mainland stock exchanges are closed…
Hong Kong stocks rose on Thursday as a rally in Chinese technology stocks continued. The Hang Seng Index edged up by about 0.4 per cent to 26,633.11 at the noon break. The Hang Seng Tech Index gained 1.9 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index rose 0.9 per cent and the Shanghai Composite…
Super Typhoon Ragasa disrupted production of Apple’s iPhones in Shenzhen and crucial pre-holiday shipments by cross-border e-commerce merchants, as the year’s strongest storm barrelled towards southern China with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds. The world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, Foxconn Technology Group, on Tuesday suspended assembly work at its Shenzhen unit – the innovative Product…