HSBC’s dominant and lucrative business position in Hong Kong “should not be taken for granted”, a former Hong Kong chief executive has warned, as pressure grows on the city’s businesses to declare their support for a contentious new national security law being imposed by Beijing. “HSBC has been enjoying unique […]

Advertisement It seems you can’t scroll through social media without running into some inspirational quote like the one from Sarah, Duchess of York: Mother Nature has sent us to our rooms…like the spoilt children we are. She gave us time and she gave us warnings. She was so patient with […]

Advertisement Chinese entrepreneurs have closed more contracts in Colombia during the past six months than throughout the previous four decades of relations between the two countries. 2019 saw Colombian President Ivan Duque pay a state visit to China, commemorating 40 years of bilateral relations. Beyond the usual business-related engagements and […]

Advertisement A week of intense debate over how Taiwan’s government should assist Hong Kong asylum seekers ended with a rare show of bipartisan unity as Taiwan’s four largest political parties signed a joint statement in solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. President Tsai Ing-wen faced pushback from opposition […]

Advertisement The Chinese presence in Europe is rapidly gaining momentum; however, China should not be seen as an emerging power with a single strategic master plan. On the contrary, China is highly pragmatic and experimental in its approach. Beijing follows different motives and uses different approaches toward different regions and […]

China is set to halt financing for so-called clean coal projects through green bonds, in a landmark move that could help convince foreign investors to play a greater role in its huge sustainable debt market. A draft list of projects considered eligible for green bond financing, released by the People’s […]

Geopolitical tensions dented global stocks on Friday as investors braced themselves for potential retaliation from Washington after Beijing approved a sweeping national security law for Hong Kong. European stocks traded lower, with the FTSE 100 slipping 1.2 per cent and Germany’s trade-sensitive Dax falling 1.4 per cent. In the Asia-Pacific […]

Volkswagen will invest more than €2bn into expanding its production of electric vehicles in China, even as the world’s largest car market suffers a prolonged decline that has been worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. The German group said on Friday that it would boost its stake in an existing electric […]

China has threatened “countermeasures” against the US after Washington criticised Beijing’s plan to impose a national security law on Hong Kong. The Chinese embassy in Washington on Friday accused the US, Australia, Canada and the UK of “foreign meddling in Hong Kong affairs” after the allies issued a joint statement […]

For commodity markets, China’s annual “Two Session” parliamentary meetings are arguably the most important events of the year. It is when policymakers announce their macro economic objectives and fiscal plans for the world’s biggest consumer of raw materials. As such the National People’s Congress, as it is also known, can […]