Hong Kong’s record as a centre of trade and logistics for goods flow in and out of China in the past is undisputed. But we are at a turning point: as China has opened up, international business can go ...
Global trade is going digital. Hong Kong must not miss the boat
Readers discuss the urgent need to legalise electronic records in trade, faster immigration clearance for Hongkongers, and thinking beyond a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Feel ...
COP28: Parallel worlds joined at the hip
In Hong Kong for the AsiaGlobal Dialogue 2023, reading two newspapers today show how we live in parallel mental worlds but are joined at the hip in one physical planet. The New York Times had two ...
Mainland China, Hong Kong companies to benefit as AI penetrates deeper into customer experience, researcher says
Generative AI can support innovation, content creation, product development, marketing and services, Euromonitor says, citing Chinese travel platform Trip.com as one company that has scored direct ...
China’s WuXi XDC shines in Hong Kong trading debut as stock jumps 36%
SYDNEY: Chinese medical research group WuXi XDC's shares staged one of the strongest trading debuts for an initial public offering in Hong Kong this year on Friday, surging 36 per cent. The company ...
The Soaring Growth of Fintech Startups in Hong Kong
In recent years, Hong Kong has emerged as a dynamic hub for financial technology, witnessing a significant surge in the number of fintech startups. This phenomenon reflects a global trend where ...
Alibaba Group suffers worst sell-off in 13 months on AliCloud reorganisation woes, sending Hong Kong stocks lower
Stocks slide in Hong Kong amid the biggest sell-off in Alibaba Group after the e-commerce platform operator cancelled a key part of its reorganisation amid heightened US-China tech rivalry.
Xi Jinping’s U.S. Visit Unites Protesters
With Xi Jinping visiting the U.S. for the first time in more than six years, protesters seized a rare chance to speak out together on issues that cannot be openly discussed in China.
Hong Kong stocks slide with Alibaba’s 10% sell-off as US tech war kills asset spinoff plan, Jack Ma to cut stake
Hong Kong stocks slumped, dragged down by Alibaba Group’s worst sell-off in more than a year, after China’s biggest e-commerce group scrapped a plan to spin off its cloud-computing business amid ...
Singapore startups struggle to find fintech talent amid competition with Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong
A funding squeeze and uncertain growth prospects are making Singapore startups less than gung-ho about adding to ... time to look for jobs in the Asian financial center. Rivals like Hong Kong and Abu ...
Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan tells Silicon Valley city is open for business and ‘a place where you can make money’
Financial Secretary Paul Chan meets representatives from Silicon Valley start-ups, venture capital funds and private equity firms at lunch on sidelines of Apec summit.
Hong Kong food tech startup challenges Japanese bento market
HONG KONG -- Kamakura Foods, a Hong Kong startup founded by a Japan-educated former Sony chip engineer, is challenging the bento market in Japan, where the boxed lunches originated. The company plans ...
Finance chief vows to seize Apec opportunity to lure more US firms to Hong Kong, dispel ‘negative narratives’ about city
Paul Chan says he’ll encourage US firms to realise city’s development potential, especially in AI, big data analytics, biotech, fintech and advanced manufacturing.
Hong Kong to see launch of multicurrency e-wallets for cross border payments on Thursday, HKD-stablecoin to follow
RD Wallet Technologies, a fintech company founded by Hong Kong’s former central banker Norman Chan Tak-lam, will launch a digital wallet on Thursday allowing companies to make cross-border digital ...