We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘3 exempts’: economic rally cry by China’s Xi aims to…
Singapore has been overtaken as the top financial center in Asia Pacific for the first time in two years, according to an index by China Development Institute and London-based Z/Yen Partners. Hong Kong has become the top hub in Asia Pacific, according to the 36th edition of the «Global Financial Centres Index» (GFCI). The city…
Hong Kong has ranked ahead of Singapore in terms of having a larger fresh talent pool across five industries, including the emerging life sciences sector, in a survey of more than 30 economies by an international recruitment agency. The report published on Monday by Hays consistently ranked Hong Kong ahead of Singapore in each sector’s…
Malaysia’s king has arrived in Beijing for a four-day trip to China – the first by the country’s monarch in a decade and his first overseas state visit since being crowned in July – as the two countries celebrate a half-century of bilateral ties. Talks are expected to range from cooperation on high-speed rail to…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Malaysia’s Sultan Ibrahim will visit China for a four-day visit, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, with the ceremonial ruler from the southern state of Johor likely to seek support to revive projects boosting its connectivity to neighbouring Singapore. Sultan Ibrahim was installed as the country’s 17th king in January, under a…
Hong Kong is a “strong contender” for a potential listing of crypto venture investor and blockchain game developer Animoca Brands Corp., its Chairman Yat Siu said. That’s in part because the company is headquartered in the city, where digital-asset related activity has expanded as officials seek to develop a crypto hub, Siu said in a…
The RN-Tuapsinsky refinery operated by Rosneft Oil Co. in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As the world’s oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody’s mind. China, the…
Wynnette Yip found Swedish attitudes toward marriage surprising after moving from Singapore. (Photo: wynnyyyy/TikTok via Malay Mail) Wynnette Yip, a Singaporean living in Sweden, experienced significant culture shock over the Swedish approach to marriage and cohabitation. In Sweden, many couples opt for cohabitation (“sambo”) rather than formal marriage, which contrasts sharply with the traditional marriage…
The logo of Alibaba’s e-commerce app Taobao is displayed next to mobile phones displaying the app, in this illustration picture taken October 25, 2023. Reuters | Florence Lo Singapore — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba‘s Taobao shopping app topped the Apple App Store charts in Singapore after releasing an English version on Tuesday — thanks to…
Former New York Federal Reserve President William Dudley said he sees scope for a half-point rate cut at next week’s meeting. “I think there’s a strong case for 50,” Dudley said on Friday at a forum organized by The Bretton Woods Committee in Singapore. Dudley left the New York Fed in 2018 and is now…