12 h. ago Hong Kong IPO pipeline swells as Chinese tech listings lure global investors

More than 200 companies are awaiting approval for initial public offerings (IPOs) in Hong Kong, with about half coming from the technology sector, according to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) CEO Bonnie Chan Yiting. “Recently, many international long-term investors have actively participated in the IPO subscriptions of technology and innovation companies, reflecting strong global interest in China’s tech sector,” she said at HKEX’s Future Tech Summit on Friday. In the first eight months...

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9 d. ago Chinese stocks at decade high lure hesitant retail investors

Chinese stocks at decade high lure hesitant retail investors  Reuters

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1 week ago South Korean investors ride China’s tech wave with big stock buys in 2025

Since buying stock in China’s robotics firms over the last year – companies emerging as global industry leaders – David Choi, a South Korean investor in his early 30s, has been riding a wave of strong gains. He is not alone. Many South Korean investors have begun exploring positions in Chinese equities, particularly in rapidly growing arenas like tech. “Those who follow what’s going on in the tech industry already see how fast China has been developing on many fronts,” said Choi, who works in...

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1 week ago Delisting of Chinese developer Evergrande closes tumultuous chapter for investors

Delisting of Chinese developer Evergrande closes tumultuous chapter for investors  NBC News

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1 week ago Chinese ownership of US farmland no threat to American security, envoy says

China’s top envoy in Washington has rejected suggestions that Chinese ownership of US farmland is a national security threat, saying such claims are “completely unfounded”. Addressing a soybean industry event in Washington on Friday, Xie Feng, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, said Chinese investors owned less than 0.03 per cent of the total farmland in the US. “How can it pose a threat to US food security as some have claimed?” Xie said, according to a transcript of his speech...

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2 w. ago As US retreats from clean energy race, Chinese firms push into emerging markets

As America retreats from clean energy investment around the world, with US President Donald Trump labelling wind and solar power “the scam of the century” on Wednesday, Chinese “cleantech” firms have been striding into emerging markets in Southeast and Central Asia and Latin America. Mabill Technologies, a Malaysian cleantech start-up developing a predictive AI algorithm that will connect energy efficiency analytics and sustainable cooling solutions, said Chinese investors had been showing...

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2 w. ago Chinese Stock Index Rises to Decade High as Investors Dump Bonds

Chinese Stock Index Rises to Decade High as Investors Dump Bonds  Bloomberg.com

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2 w. ago No Ukraine deal for Trump, Putin; Chinese investors in Athens: 5 weekend reads

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump, Putin leave Ukraine war summit with no deal – as it happened 2. Chinese researchers lodge concerns over US debt as Beijing limits exposure 3. How Chinese investors quietly transformed Athens – one visa at a time 4. Chinese ‘vertical dramas’ are booming in America. Should Hollywood be...

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2 w. ago Trump and Putin meet in Alaska, hospital scandal in China: 5 weekend reads

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump, Putin leave Ukraine war summit with no deal – as it happened 2. Chinese researchers lodge concerns over US debt as Beijing limits exposure 3. How Chinese investors quietly transformed Athens – one visa at a time 4. Chinese ‘vertical dramas’ are booming in America. Should Hollywood be...

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2 w. ago How Chinese investors quietly transformed Athens – one visa at a time

China has changed the Greek capital in both visible and less obvious ways. On the one hand, authentic Chinese restaurants – from spicy hotpot to Cantonese cha chaan teng – have sprung up in central Athens, where many patrons speak the northeastern Chinese dialect and work for China Ocean Shipping Company, an industry giant managing Europe’s fifth-largest port. On the more discreet side, Chinese buyers have snapped up thousands of flats in a rush to apply for the Greek investor residency scheme,...

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3 w. ago Chinese stocks’ foreign inflows gathering steam, Morgan Stanley says

Foreign inflows to Chinese stocks will probably continue after the summer, as a regulatory push to boost shareholder returns, appealing valuations and rising expectations of interest-rate cuts in the US lure investors, according to Morgan Stanley. The rotation back to Chinese stocks was expected to be “stronger” after two consecutive months of net buying by global long-only funds, analysts led by Laura Wang at the US investment bank said in a report on Friday. Long-only funds poured US$2.7...

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last month Daily southbound buying via Stock Connect tops US$2.5 billion twice in 2 weeks

Mainland Chinese investors bought HK$23.42 billion (US$3 billion) worth of Hong Kong stocks via the Stock Connect on Tuesday, the second time in two weeks that daily southbound net buying exceeded HK$20 billion, as confidence builds in the city’s market rebound. It marked the largest single-day inflow since April 9, when HK$35.6 billion of net buying was recorded, according to data compiled by Wind. On July 25, net purchases also topped HK$20 billion. So far this year, net purchases through the...

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