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Beijing’s latest property stimulus falls short in lower-tier-cities
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Beijing’s latest property stimulus falls short in lower-tier-cities

Beijing’s latest property stimulus package has failed to stop a downward spiral in home transactions and prices in mainland China’s lower-tier cities, which could prompt top regulators to roll out stronger incentives to reinvigorate the weak market. According to data compiled by the China Real Estate Index System (CREIS), prices in the country’s third- and fourth-tier cities dropped 2 per cent year on year in October for new homes, while prices of lived-in residential units slumped 6.5 per...

November 8, 2026
China’s EV safety push gives foreign brands from Tesla to GM an opening for a comeback
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China’s EV safety push gives foreign brands from Tesla to GM an opening for a comeback

International brands have become unlikely beneficiaries of Beijing’s clampdown on so-called rapidly developed vehicles as they step up efforts to convince Chinese consumers of their cars’ quality and reliability. About 10 foreign carmakers from Tesla to General Motors (GM) were not only displaying their latest electric vehicle (EV) technologies at the China International Import Expo (CIIE), but also using the event to highlight their strengths as they continued to lose market share to Chinese...

November 7, 2026
Financial leaders tiptoe around Beijing’s asset scrutiny, hail Hong Kong’s wealth boom
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Financial leaders tiptoe around Beijing’s asset scrutiny, hail Hong Kong’s wealth boom

Global financial leaders who gathered in Hong Kong this week largely sidestepped Beijing’s offshore trust tax crackdown, a lingering near-term hurdle for the city’s otherwise expanding wealth management industry. Beijing’s move earlier this year to step up scrutiny of wealthy families’ overseas assets was barely discussed openly at a series of financial industry events, including the Global Financial Leaders’ Investment Summit and the PWMA Wealth Management Industry Summit 2026, even as it...

November 7, 2026
Former Evergrande economist faces WeChat gag order after ‘buy the dip’ call
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Former Evergrande economist faces WeChat gag order after ‘buy the dip’ call

Amid a bear market in China’s stock exchanges, Ren Zeping, the high-profile independent economist famed for his prescient call on China’s A-share bull market, is once again in the spotlight for a “gag order” on his social media, though industry insiders say that the move by the platform was not unexpected. Since October 24, Ren Zeping’s WeChat official account “Zeping Macro” could no longer be retrieved via search and would not accept new subscribers. The same restriction applied to his WeChat...

November 7, 2026
Tiger Brokers targets Hong Kong growth as Beijing curbs overseas stock trading
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Tiger Brokers targets Hong Kong growth as Beijing curbs overseas stock trading

Tiger Brokers is seeking to offset the effects of Beijing’s regulatory crackdown by tapping business opportunities in Hong Kong, according to its CFO. “User growth is currently mainly driven by local Hong Kong clients, and overall client growth remains very strong,” said John Zeng, Group CFO and CEO of Tiger Brokers (Hong Kong), when asked about Beijing’s scrutiny of unauthorised cross-border stock trading. “We will certainly fully comply with regulatory requirements in acquiring new...

November 7, 2026
Beijing calls for more efforts to stabilise stock market after renewed sell-off
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Beijing calls for more efforts to stabilise stock market after renewed sell-off

China’s State Council has pledged improved policy mechanisms to stabilise the country’s struggling stock market, after stocks slid again on Friday following a meltdown on the US markets. “We will enhance the inherent stability of the stock market and foster the steady and healthy development of the capital market,” officials at the State Council executive meeting, chaired by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, were quoted as saying on Friday. The comments came as the CSI 300 Index, which tracks major...

November 6, 2026
China’s AI models, led by Kimi, dominate open-source enterprise spending
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China’s AI models, led by Kimi, dominate open-source enterprise spending

Chinese artificial intelligence models led by Moonshot AI’s Kimi family accounted for nearly nine-tenths of estimated global enterprise spending on open-source systems, according to a new study, even though proprietary US rivals continue to capture the vast majority of overall revenue. The report, released this week by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures, said Chinese AI systems accounted for 89 per cent of global enterprise spending on open-source models. Kimi led with a 61 per...

November 6, 2026
Ahead of Shenzhen trade talks, US holds off blacklist rule that angered Beijing
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Ahead of Shenzhen trade talks, US holds off blacklist rule that angered Beijing

Ahead of a new round of bilateral trade talks, the US has extended the suspension of an expanded trade blacklist that helped inflame tensions with China last year and could subject overseas subsidiaries of Chinese companies to greater scrutiny. The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule on Thursday extending the suspension of its 50 per cent affiliate rule until January 10, when the current US-China trade truce is also set to expire. If implemented, the measure would extend...

November 6, 2026
Crypto heavyweight Solana eyes Hong Kong expansion to tap growing tokenisation demand
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Crypto heavyweight Solana eyes Hong Kong expansion to tap growing tokenisation demand

Solana, one of the world’s largest blockchain networks, plans to expand in Hong Kong to tap the city’s growing demand for tokenisation, according to a senior executive. “I believe that the biggest opportunity for Solana is actually in [the Asia-Pacific region],” Solana Company chairman and CEO Joseph Chee said in an interview in Hong Kong earlier this week. Founded in the US in 2018, the company is behind one of the most popular cryptocurrencies. With a market capitalisation of about US$53...

November 6, 2026
China’s AI chipmakers report first profits, but will the trend continue?
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China’s AI chipmakers report first profits, but will the trend continue?

China’s pure-play artificial intelligence chipmakers crossed an important milestone in the third quarter as several firms swung into profit, but severe supply chain hurdles and soaring memory costs cloud their long-term growth prospects. Domestic graphics processing unit (GPU) developers including Moore Threads, MetaX and Iluvatar CoreX are racing to fill the market void left by Nvidia, whose high-end processors face strict US export controls. These home-grown firms are competing fiercely to win...

November 6, 2026
AI bubble bursts, fifth plenum resolution, Singles’ Day
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AI bubble bursts, fifth plenum resolution, Singles’ Day

China’s stocks pared weekly gains and the benchmark 10-year bond hit a record low as the global artificial intelligence (AI) stock bubble burst following the US Democrats’ landslide win in midterm elections. The CSI 300 equity index fell 1.4 per cent, weighed down by AI-related shares. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index dropped 1.3 per cent. The yield on China’s 10-year sovereign bond touched an intraday low of 1.58 per cent, according to Bloomberg, spurred by investor demand for safe-haven assets and...

November 6, 2026
Dutch asset manager Robeco planning to expand presence in Hong Kong
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Dutch asset manager Robeco planning to expand presence in Hong Kong

Dutch asset management firm Robeco is planning to expand its presence in Hong Kong to ride the robust wave of wealth creation in the Asia-Pacific region, CEO Karin van Baardwijk said this week. The Rotterdam-headquartered firm, which had client assets totalling US$464 billion in June, would move into a bigger office “very soon”, van Baardwijk said in an interview. She said Asia was one of “the fastest-growing” wealth markets and Hong Kong had demonstrated its “enduring role as a genuinely global...

November 6, 2026