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Developing | Hong Kong pares base rate in salve for borrowers, as a split Fed signals fewer cuts ahead

Hong Kong’s de facto central bank has cut its base interest rate for the third time in three months, lowering…

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Schiaparelli picks Hong Kong’s Landmark for first flagship Asian store

Schiaparelli, a fashion house known for its unique and surreal designs, is set to make its Asian debut with a…

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Macroscope | Inflated asset prices show markets don’t always know best

Stock prices are nervously high, bond and real estate prices are under downward pressure, cryptocurrency assets have sustained falls and…

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Explainer | From railways to Labubus: China’s businesses and their 50-year trip abroad

With their domestic profits narrowing and production capacity expanding, China’s firms are continuing to widen their overseas footprints in search…

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China property crisis: UBS predicts 2.4 million foreclosures by 2027 as loan defaults rise

Mainland China’s falling property prices and a weak economy could lead to rising loan defaults, adding to a surfeit of…

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Hong Kong retail investors still flock to US tech stocks like Nvidia amid AI bubble fears

Hong Kong’s retail investors are still flocking to US artificial intelligence and other tech stocks despite market volatility, but early…

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Exclusive | Chinese economist Lu Feng on why the time is ripe for a consumption rebalance

Lu Feng is a professor of economics and a former deputy dean at Peking University’s National School of Development. In…

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How China’s ‘emotional spending’ trend is transforming shopping malls

In a central Wuhan shopping centre, a banner for a new Pop Mart hangs where an Air Jordan store once…

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Canada travel searches spike in China as group tours resume: ‘interest surged’

Beijing’s decision to allow group travel to Canada to resume for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked…

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How Nexperia’s China unit can meet chip orders amid European fabs’ suspended wafer supply

Nexperia’s China unit is expected to be capable of making deliveries to clients on the back of the domestic semiconductor…

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