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    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      News in-depthChinese business & finance
      China’s film industry shoots for post-Covid recovery

      Falling investment and censorship damp revival hopes after ticket sales fell behind US in 2022

    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Container shipping
      Shipping hurt by weak demand for Chinese goods

      Carriers are skipping ports in China as international orders fall and supply chain problems persist

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Chinese bank tries to entice wealthy customers with mRNA vaccines

      Hong Kong-based lender seeks to cater to mainlanders’ demand for western jabs

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      Hong Kong
      Thousands cross Hong Kong-China border as Covid restrictions end

      Families reunite after nearly three years and a boost is expected for the territory’s economy

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      News in-depthGambling industry
      Casino mecca Macau gambles on becoming a global tourist attraction

      Big Six operators will invest $15bn over 10 years, with more than 90% spent on non-gaming developments

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto exchange Huobi to cut 20% of its staff as ‘bear market’ strikes

      Other digital asset companies including Silvergate and Genesis also announced job losses this week

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Coronavirus pandemic
      China and Hong Kong to reopen border as Beijing drops zero-Covid curbs

      Daily quota of about 60,000 crossings each way comes into effect from Sunday

    • Monday, 2 January, 2023
      Hong Kong economy
      Hong Kong home sales drop to lowest level since 2008 financial crisis

      Housing market recovery is not expected until middle of this year despite border reopening with mainland China

    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong abandons last Covid curbs to revive economy

      Territory drops mandatory testing for arrivals as it follows Beijing’s exit from virus controls

    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Chinese society
      Chinese vaccine tourists flock to Macau for mRNA Covid jabs

      Explosion of cases and ban on more effective western shots lead residents to look abroad

    • Saturday, 24 December, 2022
      News in-depthHong Kong politics
      Hong Kong’s filmmakers stifled by tight political script

      Directors say territory’s once-acclaimed movie industry is under threat from Beijing’s crackdown

    • Friday, 23 December, 2022
      Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
      Cathay Pacific faces cabin crew industrial action over Christmas

      Hong Kong’s main airline hit as it slowly recovers from Covid restrictions

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Hong Kong launches first crypto ETFs

      Fund products part of city’s push to overtake rival Singapore as Asia’s digital asset hub

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      News in-depthFTX Trading Ltd
      How FTX used Hong Kong cash-for-crypto shop to turbocharge growth

      Genesis Block helped Sam Bankman-Fried’s group access hard cash and onboard wealthy clients

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto exchange AAX’s freeze on withdrawals sparks desperate search for funds

      Users are looking for exchange’s senior executives in an effort to recover their investment

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      Chinese society
      Chinese students and young workers look to Hong Kong for a better future

      Beijing’s zero-Covid policy fuels increase in people moving to former British colony

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong challenges own court with appeal to Beijing to block UK lawyer

      Intervention ‘flies in the face’ of city’s attempt to reclaim status as financial centre

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Retail sector
      Covid-hit Hong Kong loses luxury shopping crown to New York

      Fall in visitors coincides with 41% decline in average retail rents in Tsim Sha Tsui district

    • Saturday, 12 November, 2022
      Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
      Cathay’s pilot exodus persists as pandemic curbs hit morale

      Quarantines and demanding schedules prompt flood of resignations, with 30 to 50 pilots leaving each month

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      FTX Trading Ltd
      FTX assets frozen by Bahamas regulator as crypto exchange fights to survive

      Investors describe chaotic race by Sam Bankman-Fried to secure up to $8bn to bail out his group

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      FTX Trading Ltd
      FTX on brink of collapse after Binance abandons rescue

      Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange dashes to fill $8bn hole as Sequoia writes down equity on ‘solvency risk’

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      News in-depthChinese economy
      ‘There was no hope’: Chinese factories struggle to survive

      Manufacturers have been left reeling from lockdowns, global inflation and waning appetite for products

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      News in-depthCryptocurrencies
      Hong Kong takes on Singapore for Asia’s crypto crown

      City seeks to attract retail investors by shifting towards clear rules

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Evergrande Real Estate Group
      Oaktree sells Evergrande’s ‘Versailles mansion’ plot in Hong Kong

      Heavily indebted Chinese developer takes $770mn loss on one of its most significant assets

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Travel & leisure industry
      Cruise ships desert China as Beijing reaffirms zero-Covid commitment

      Asia-Pacific travellers accounted for up to a fifth of companies’ global revenue before pandemic

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