Hong Kong’s capital market is likely to experience significant fluctuations this year owing to intensifying geopolitical risks, the city’s finance chief has warned, stressing the need for caution in financial management. Six weeks before the government unveils its annual budget, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po pledged to consider whether there is scope to adjust child…
Taiwan offers investment in exchange for lower tariffs Fast-growing TSMC looks to expand in Arizona Deal deepens ties between Washington and Taipei as China tensions simmer Many of Trump’s tariffs still face Supreme Court review Taiwan needs ‘to keep our president happy’ to protect ‘their country,’ US official says WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The…
Prosecutors say scheme involved 39 players on 17 college basketball teams Case is latest to cast doubt on integrity of sports in legalized betting era Two defendants previously charged in NBA bet-rigging case NEW YORK, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania federal prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against 26 people for allegedly rigging bets on college…
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Well before dawn, vans begin to pull up along Flower Market Road. Buckets of lilies and roses are lifted onto the street, hands moving quickly before the heat sets in. Later in the day buyers drift between shops, some with lists, others guided…
Hong Kong’s drinks scene is one of the world’s best – but also one of the world’s most diverse and volatile. Every year, the city has had to navigate – to varying degrees of success – trends and shifts in what bargoers enjoy, resulting in celebrated openings and sombre closures alike. Speakeasies (The Old Man,…
The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. “The US continues to lead on model capabilities, and US models also have maintained a meaningful lead in science and more complex reasoning,” said the post written by OpenAI’s…
Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stocks outpaced their US peers for the first two weeks of 2026 and should continue to do so for the rest of the year on the back of relatively cheaper valuations, a firmer yuan and policy tailwinds, as geopolitics drives more global investors to look to China as a hedge…
Witnesses and lawmakers at a foreign affairs hearing blasted the Trump administration’s approval for the sale of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips to China and called for it to reverse the decision, as the White House’s top technology adviser defended the move in the administration’s first public testimony discussing the latest export control measures. Allowing China…
Rather than seeing it as an olive branch, many Chinese commenters interpreted the move as a sophisticated Trojan horse-style trap that aimed to make Beijing dependent on American technologies in advanced semiconductors and other chokepoint sectors. Trump’s green light for the H200 – a template that he said would be applied to other US chip…
CK Infrastructure Holdings is poised to complete the disposal of UK Rails (Eversholt Rail) this month following London’s approval of the deal, according to the company, which is part of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s business empire. The train leasing company is owned by a consortium of the group’s companies: CK Infrastructure, which holds 65…