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Mini Labubus are coming after your mobile phone, as Pop Mart aims to double 2025 sales

Pop Mart said it would be able to easily double this year’s revenue from its 2024 record sales, as it…

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Why Trump’s Federal Reserve pick is raising alarm over central bank’s independence

US President Donald Trump’s nomination of his top economic adviser to the Federal Reserve Board could strengthen the White House’s…

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As China defuses its time bomb of debt, US hears the ticking intensify

Concerns over China’s local-level debt have long loomed large in international discourse, with a mountain of “hidden” debt viewed as…

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CLP Holdings sees growth potential in Tuen Mun industrial park as first-half profit falls

CLP Holdings, one of Hong Kong’s two power utility companies, said it saw growth opportunities in a proposed industrial park…

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Where does China stand after US trade deal with EU seen as ‘more rhetoric than substance’?

As a framework trade deal was struck between the United States and the European Union on the eve of a…

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Trump’s Arctic strategy stirs debate over China’s polar shipping ambitions

As US President Donald Trump reiterates his desire to acquire Greenland – part of a broader push to assert influence…

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Taiwan’s KGI Bank opens first Hong Kong branch with focus on wealth management, family offices

KGI Financial Holding opened its first overseas bank branch in Hong Kong to grow its cross-border business just as the…

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How China is driving a surge in shipping traffic along Arctic sea routes

Chinese companies are showing growing interest in shipping goods to the West via the Northern Sea Route – an icy…

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Hong Kong stocks fall on US trade threats and interest rate uncertainty

Hong Kong stocks fell on Thursday, following declines in the US, as investors grappled with new trade threats from Washington…

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Asia sees ‘concerning’ rise in long payment delays amid turbulence: report

Companies across the Asia-Pacific region – and especially those in China – are becoming more cautious about selling on credit,…

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