41 h. ago Mainland Chinese buyers fuel 25% of Hong Kong home sales last quarter: Centaline

Mainland Chinese homebuyers remain a strong driving force in Hong Kong’s residential property market, spending HK$38 billion (US$4.9 billion) to account for 25 per cent of the city’s total home transactions in the third quarter, according to Centaline Property Agency. Buyers with names in pinyin – the mainland’s system of romanisation of Chinese script – registered 3,797 deals between July and September, up 7 per cent from the previous quarter, Centaline said in a report on Monday. It noted that...

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63 h. ago Chinese minister calls out US ‘protectionism’ in shipping industry

China’s Minister of Transport Liu Wei has called on shipping companies and port operators worldwide to promote free trade in a “concerted effort” to combat “protectionism” after the US administration slapped port fees on Chinese vessels. “All the companies dealing with shipping businesses should work together to promote a fair, just and open environment and safeguard the common interests of global economic and trade development,” he said at the North Bund Summit, a shipping industry ­conference,...

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3 d. ago Expelled Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to army: PLA Daily

China has accused the nine generals expelled from the Communist Party on Friday of seriously undermining the principle that the military should be loyal to the party and dealing a serious blow to the army’s unity and the image of senior officers. An editorial published by PLA Daily on Saturday also said the nine generals – including He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo – were “being disloyal” and losing their “chastity”. It...

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3 d. ago Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily

China has accused the nine generals expelled from the Communist Party on Friday of seriously undermining the principle that the military should be loyal to the party, saying that they dealt a serious blow to the unity of the armed forces and the image of senior officers. In an editorial published on Saturday, military mouthpiece PLA Daily said the disgraced nine – including He Weidong, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a member of the 24-man Politburo – had been...

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4 d. ago Hansoh and Leads Biolabs clinch US$2.5 billion in global drug licensing deals

Two Chinese drug developers have signed licensing deals that could yield as much as US$2.5 billion in performance-based payments, underscoring growing international confidence in China’s life sciences sector. Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group has agreed to license global rights – excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan – to develop and market a colon cancer drug candidate to F Hoffmann-La Roche, a unit of Swiss-based biotech giant Roche. Hansoh, a major psychotropic and cancer drugs...

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1 week ago Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner

Trump threatens tech export limits, new 100% tariff on Chinese imports starting Nov. 1 or sooner  AP News

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1 week ago U.S. Eyes New Chip Export Limits After $38 Billion China Sales Surge

U.S. Eyes New Chip Export Limits After $38 Billion China Sales Surge  Yahoo Finance

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2 w. ago Watch Beijing Urges Trump to Lift Security Curbs on Chinese Deals | The China Show 10/6/2025

Watch Beijing Urges Trump to Lift Security Curbs on Chinese Deals | The China Show 10/6/2025  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago EU is diversifying its supply chains, but it’s still reliant on China

Europe’s attempt to reduce its dependence on China through trade agreements in Asia may not achieve the intended outcome. Instead of breaking ties, Brussels is being drawn deeper into supply chains where Chinese companies remain central. EU deals in recent years with Vietnam, Indonesia and India broaden market access and diversify suppliers, yet also channel European demand into production networks controlled by China. Meanwhile, the European Union continues trade talks with Thailand, Malaysia...

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3 w. ago Congo Uses Cobalt Export Limits to Force Processing Deals With Chinese Miners

Congo Uses Cobalt Export Limits to Force Processing Deals With Chinese Miners  The China-Global South Project

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3 w. ago China’s Biggest Cobalt Miner Faces a Harsh New Reality in DR Congo

China’s Biggest Cobalt Miner Faces a Harsh New Reality in DR Congo  The China-Global South Project

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4 w. ago Developer Seazen joins Chinese rush back to dollar bond market

Issuers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau are storming back into the offshore dollar bond market this year, driving total issuance to its highest level since 2022. Among them is Seazen Group, a struggling developer that tested the waters a few months ago with a US$300 million bond offering – the first such sale by a major private-sector Chinese developer since 2023. Now it is looking for another bond deal. Once ranked among the country’s 10 biggest builders by contracted sales, Seazen...

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4 w. ago Critics Warn the TikTok Deal Swaps Chinese Surveillance for U.S. Surveillance

Critics Warn the TikTok Deal Swaps Chinese Surveillance for U.S. Surveillance  Time Magazine

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4 w. ago TikTok deal constructive for both US and Chinese markets, says strategist

TikTok deal constructive for both US and Chinese markets, says strategist  CNBC

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last month China Cobalt Prices Slip as Congo Lays Out Export Quotas Plan

China Cobalt Prices Slip as Congo Lays Out Export Quotas Plan  Bloomberg.com

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