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6 January, 2025
A photo taken on March 31, 2024, shows a worker driving past residential buildings under construction by Chinese real estate developer Vanke in Hangzhou, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: AFP
China property

China Vanke forecasts record US$6.2 billion loss, shuffles management

New chairman’s state-linked background sends positive signals, but company’s fate still depends on a sales recovery, an analyst says.

Electric & new energy vehicles

BYD resorts to forex trading strategy to counter yuan’s volatility

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund reports fifth-best return despite fourth-quarter loss

China stock market

Beijing unveils US$7.2 billion injection of insurer capital for stocks

China Pacific, Taikang Life and Sunshine Life among the firms putting ‘patient capital’ into A shares to help stabilise the market.

A worker stands on a crane as he installs red lanterns outside a park before the Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing on January 24, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise as UBS sees big fund inflows amid state support plans

UBS estimates US$236 billion of fund inflows in 2025 as a result of Beijing’s directive to funds to shore up the capital markets.

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China stock market

China stocks set for US$236 billion influx from state-owned investors: UBS

Beijing’s call for insurers, mutual funds and social-security funds to boost their A-share investments should reduce volatility, analysts say.

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Banking & finance

Standard Chartered banks on yuan assets amid US-China tensions

The lender has already seen higher demand for foreign-exchange management and hedging, and the need will only grow, an executive says.

An exterior view of a Standard Chartered branch in Exchange Square in Central. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Wealth management

Exclusive | Macau’s first local mutual fund targets mainland investors via connect scheme

A&P Macau Patacas Money Market Fund will soon be offered to mainlanders in the Greater Bay Area.

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China property

Can Shanghai absorb 84,000 homes this year as sales slow, prices rise?

Some 30,000 flats from 270 projects are due to be launched this year, while developers are sitting on an inventory of 54,000 units.

China technology

SenseTime to spin off healthcare platform to capitalise on advanced LLMs

SenseTime says rapid advancements in large language models are transforming artificial intelligence in the medical field.

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Outside a SenseTime office in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters
International Property

Thai properties at risk as Chinese buyers spooked by safety, security woes

Chinese buyers have been the most active buyers of Thai properties among foreign investors, according to industry data.

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An aerial view of a luxury residential neighborhood in Bangkok. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Lunar New Year

Why are fewer Chinese employees looking forward to Lunar New Year bonuses?

Workers use bonus levels to gauge companies’ financial health and competitiveness in the coming year.

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Crime in Hong Kong

Over 300 mainland students in Hong Kong lose HK$230 million to scams: Chris Tang

City’s security chief says police logged 16 such cases in January alone, with losses amounting to HK$20 million.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong temperatures to hit 11 degrees Celsius next week

Observatory expects Monday to mark coolest period in coming days, before temperatures rise to 13 degrees on first day of Year of the Snake.

Temperatures will be warmer in the latter half of the week at between 16 and 20 degrees. Photo: Dickson Lee
Banking & finance

How to make it in America: pressures, pitfalls for China consumer firms going global

As domestic spending falters, Chinese consumer brands are eyeing global markets, but tariffs and cultural barriers could get in their way.

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Business of climate change

Hong Kong should learn from EU missteps with sustainable jet fuel: Cathay Pacific

City must take care setting usage targets and provide airlines with assurance of carbon-reduction benefits, forum speakers say.

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US-China relations

Trump officials say they are reviewing China’s compliance with trade deal

The nominee for US Treasury secretary said last week that Trump would use the 2020 phase one agreement as a starting point with Beijing.

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China's economic recovery

Pet healthcare booms in China as furry friends outnumber infants and toddlers

Pet economy offers better career prospects as clinics and hospitals open across country.

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US-China relations

New pandas from China make their debut at National Zoo in Washington

Bao Li and Qing Bao, both three years old, are the US capital’s latest panda diplomats.

China-EU relations

EU to resume WTO case against China over alleged economic coercion of Lithuania

Bloc says Beijing orchestrated trade embargo against Baltic state because of controversially named Taiwan office.

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China-Africa relations

Chinese nationals ignore embassy warnings in gold rush to DRC’s troubled east

A worsening security situation in the African nation’s eastern provinces is no deterrent in reward-cost calculus, one expert said.

Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers in the eastern part of the country, where hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by intense fighting with armed militia groups which broke out in November. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong property

Hang Lung Properties net falls on lower leasing profits, higher finance costs

Company says it faces headwinds in China and Hong Kong.

Hang Lung’s Plaza 66 in Shanghai. Photo: Hang Lung Properties
Science

China’s R&D spending passes US$496 billion in steady rise to hi-tech dominance

Preliminary Chinese estimates show slower expenditure increase for the third year running, but no lowering in research intensity.

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Business of climate change

Tianqi warns of US$1 billion loss on price slump, halt to Australian expansion

A decline in profit at the firm’s Chilean unit, forex losses and asset impairments contributed to the poor results in 2024.

China-Japan relations

Chinese knifeman sentenced to death for deadly attack on Japanese school bus

A Chinese woman who tried to stop the attack was killed and a Japanese mother and child were wounded in the eastern city of Suzhou last year.

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Hu Youping died from her injuries two days after the attack. Photo: CCTV
Semiconductors

Chipmaker Texas Instruments’ forecast signals semiconductor slump is persisting

The company has recorded nine straight quarters of sales decline, as much of the electronics industry remains mired in a slowdown.

Texas Instruments gets the biggest portion of its sales from manufacturers of industrial equipment and vehicles, making its projections a bellwether for much of the global economy. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong stock market

Hong Kong stocks rise on Trump’s China optimism and Wall Street rally

Hang Seng Index ends in positive territory for a second week, led by Sunny Optical, Xiaomi and Trip.com.

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Nongfu Spring

Billionaire founder of China’s Nongfu Spring pledges to end price war

Low prices are destroying the quality of Chinese products and undermining the economy, tycoon says.

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