28 h. ago The Pacific Asia Travel Association Teams Up With Visa To Drive Tourism SME Growth In Beijing Empowering China’s Tourism Businesses For Global Success

The Pacific Asia Travel Association Teams Up With Visa To Drive Tourism SME Growth In Beijing Empowering China’s Tourism Businesses For Global Success  Travel And Tour World

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1 week ago Step aside Shanghai, Hong Kong is China’s prize financial hub

When Yan Jun was looking around last year for a stock market to raise capital for his Beijing-based traffic-control software company, the engineer and chairman thought he was spoiled for choice. He could sell shares of his 10-year-old company AICT on one of the three mainland exchanges – Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen – that together make up the world’s second-biggest capital market, with a combined value of US$10 trillion, according to Bloomberg data. Or he could raise capital offshore by...

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1 week ago Chinese app firm Newborn Town sets up in Hong Kong for AI, global push

Hong Kong-listed Chinese app company Newborn Town will open a global headquarters and set up an artificial intelligence (AI) research centre in Hong Kong as a pivotal step in its overseas expansion strategy. “The landing of the global headquarters in Hong Kong marks a new stage in the company’s globalisation strategy and an important milestone of our company’s development,” said chairman Liu Chunhe at an opening ceremony in Hong Kong on Thursday. Newborn Town said it would focus on developing AI...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong regains favour with investors, companies: Deutsche Bank

Hong Kong’s corporate activity and yuan-driven business have been revitalised as global market participants strengthen ties to China’s economy amid tariffs and geopolitical tensions, according to a senior executive at Deutsche Bank. Companies and investors have increased their exposure to China and hedged against the US dollar as they adjusted their supply chains and portfolios amid market volatility, said Ole Matthiessen, head of corporate banking for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa,...

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2 w. ago Global inflows to Chinese stocks could become a ‘flood’: Cambridge Associates

Global investors are reassessing their US-heavy portfolios and looking at undervalued equities in Hong Kong and mainland China to “provide defence” amid geopolitical tensions, according to global investment advisory Cambridge Associates. “One of the surprising things this year is that despite the Trump tariffs being very aggressive towards Asia, particularly China, actually equities [in the region] have outperformed,” Aaron Costello, the firm’s head of Asia, said in an interview this week. “Even...

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2 w. ago Confidence of EU firms in China was tanking even before tariffs: survey

European businesses’ optimism about growth and profitability in China has hit a record low, overshadowed by economic downturns and rising geopolitical tensions, according to annual survey findings by a leading foreign business association, which called for the full implementation of recently announced measures aimed at improving the business environment. Conducted two weeks before US President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, the survey of 503 chamber members showed a bleak...

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2 w. ago Record levels of pessimism among EU businesses in China, survey reveals

European businesses’ optimism about growth and profitability in China has hit a record low, overshadowed by economic downturns and rising geopolitical tensions, according to annual survey findings by a leading foreign business association, which called for the full implementation of recently announced measures aimed at improving the business environment. Conducted in January and February, the survey of 503 chamber members showed a bleak outlook even before the China-US trade war intensified in...

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3 w. ago Rady Students Explore China’s Business Landscape Through Global Immersion

Rady Students Explore China’s Business Landscape Through Global Immersion  UC San Diego Today

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3 w. ago Hong Kong to ride IPO wave as global investors pour in, JPMorgan says

A number of companies will attract support like CATL did in its US$4.6 billion debut, JPMorgan’s Paul Uren says.

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3 w. ago Partnering with China brings development, growth opportunities, global businesses say

Partnering with China brings development, growth opportunities, global businesses say  Xinhua

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4 w. ago ‘China’s Ozempic’ may vie with Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk for global weight

Drug manufacturers to focus on China and Japan, where penetration is low and innovation continues to emerge, Morgan Stanley says.

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