Beijing is conducting a review into the tariffs on Australian wine, and it is widely expected that the levies will be removed next month.If we get back in and re-establish Australian wine, that’s a re-establishment for the next decade and...
The number of cases involving scams reported in Hong Kong last year rose by 40 per cent year on year to 39,824 and involved more than HK$9 billion (US$1.2 billion), nearly doubling over the previous year, the Hong Kong police...
Among those that already have an established presence in China, not too many found themselves riding the tailwinds of last year’s 5.2 per cent growth of the world’s second-biggest economy.In a revealing sign of the uneven recovery, industrial output among...
Hong Kong’s Lunar New Year box office recorded a 24 per cent decline compared with the same festive period last year, with a veteran filmmaker blaming the lacklustre result on residents leaving the city for the break and predicting more...
The European Union’s move to implement the world’s first tax on carbon-intensive imports from 2026 could badly hit Chinese steel and aluminium makers, according to Goldman Sachs.The 27-nation bloc is tightening the screws on imported steel, aluminium, cement, hydrogen, fertiliser...
A growing number of university graduates in China are attending vocational colleges for technical skills training amid heightened employment pressure and a subdued demand for inexperienced workers.The shift highlights an increasing emphasis on practical abilities over academic qualifications amid intensifying...
The most senior dialogue between the two countries since the November summit was held in Bangkok between China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, and US national security adviser Jake Sullivan.The meeting was characterised by restatements of existing positions, a request by...
Almost 30 overseas arts and cultural institutions are expected to sign deals with Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority at a high-profile summit next month, paving the way to bring works of art and performances from around the world...
“Hong Kong’s attractiveness has overall weakened,” said Dicky Yip Chi-wai, the president of the Hong Kong Tourism Practitioners’ Union. “It used to be a shopping paradise, but now people can buy the same things on the mainland.”On mainland social media...
Leading Chinese banks have injected billions of yuan into housing projects with the aim of financing the completion of pre-sold but yet-to-be-completed homes across the country, according to figures released by the lenders.The initiative, which falls under the so-called whitelist...
