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Chinese construction giant turns to belt and road to counter uncertainty
Two weeks ago, the US Department of Commerce placed five subsidiaries of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) on its Entity List.
Greater Bay Area offers exit from Hong Kong’s recession, Chan says
The cluster of 11 cities, with a combined population of 72 million residents and an economy estimated at US$1.65 trillion – equivalent to the world’s 11th-largest economy behind Canada and ahead of Russia, if it were a stand-alone entity...
Ideologically biased Western media distort Belt and Road coverage
Studying the Belt and Road Initiative, after the fact that too few people in the West pay attention to it at all, a more striking disappointment is the fact that the Western media seem to have made up their collective minds on the subjec...
China working with Azerbaijan on belt and road transport route even as Baku restricts investment
China has used Azerbaijan’s ongoing bilateral negotiations on its World Trade Organisation (WTO) membership to open up access for belt and road projects.
China’s Greater Bay Area stymied by lack of coordination and research facilities, review finds
Study identifies areas that are holding back Beijing’s plan to turn Hong Kong, Macau and nine cities in Guangdong into a hi-tech hub. ‘The region needs a boost in attracting international innovation resources,’ says Zhu Xiaodan, who led ...
China’s Hainan free-trade port plan draws approval, and scepticism, as questions linger over implementation
Chinese businesses are heading to Hainan after Beijing last month unveiled plans to turn the island into a ‘free-trade port’. But some investors and locals are taking a wait-and-see approach, wary that government promises may not transla...
Belt and Road best hope for globalization's rebound
The COVID-19 pandemic may have put a temporary brake on economic growth, but it is unlikely to derail the march toward greater global connectivity. It could do just the opposite.
As Bank of East Asia joins Hong Kong lenders in providing mortgages for Greater Bay Area homes, here is what you need to know about the loans
Bank of East Asia is among six Hong Kong lenders offering a cross-border mortgage loan service. Chinese capital controls, exchange rate risks among factors that Hong Kong buyers must consider
China promises to boost belt and road health projects amid coronavirus pandemic
Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells ‘two sessions’ press conference Beijing will work to build ‘healthy silk road’ with belt and road partners. Covid-19 pandemic has already hit infrastructure projects but China says initiative can help effor...
Why China’s Belt and Road Initiative offers world of business investment opportunities
Nation leads ambitious economic development plan which aims to promote trade and infrastructure ties across Asia, Africa and Europe. Businesses must formulate strategic goals to better understand how they can benefit from proposals that ...
How China’s coronavirus response may shape the future of its flagship Belt and Road Initiative
Beijing’s leading infrastructure development role may begin to look different as public health needs shape policies of partners, analysts say. European diplomat suggests notion of ‘health silk road’ could cover up Beijing’s mistakes in h...
How China’s coronavirus response may shape the future of its flagship Belt and Road Initiative
Beijing’s leading infrastructure development role may begin to look different as public health needs shape policies of partners, analysts say. European diplomat suggests notion of ‘health silk road’ could cover up Beijing’s mistakes in h...
The coronavirus will not be fatal for China’s Belt and Road Initiative but it will strike a heavy blow
Projects face delays as the coronavirus prevents Beijing from supplying goods and people. And project resources will be diverted as China focuses on its own recovery. But the biggest casualty may be a loss of faith in Chinese-style conne...
Hong Kong's Cyberport can connect US and China
The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area project will play a decisive role in molding Hong Kong's future, with some media calling the blueprint "China's plan to beat Silicon Valley". And that's not without reason.
Why China’s Greater Bay Area plan fails to capture the imagination of young Kongkongers
While some recent graduates find Guangdong province to be a land of opportunity, the majority remain suspicious about mainland matters. Around 60 per cent of those surveyed do not believe the plan to integrate the city with the Pearl Riv...
Macao to play vital role in Greater Bay Area
In the two decades since it reunified with the motherland, Macao has undergone drastic changes in terms of fiscal revenue, economic growth, total GDP as well as per capita GDP.
Shenzhen boasts the most growth champions in SCMP-Statista’s survey of the 80 fastest-growing companies in Greater Bay Area
Shenzhen, the technology hub in southern China, has 30 companies among the 80 fastest-growing corporate entities in the Greater Bay Area between 2015 and 2018
Standard Chartered brings fintech to Greater Bay
Fintech banking unit just opened second Hong Kong-based eXellerator innovation lab; global head explains why
Beijing gives Greater Bay Area fresh push as Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam reveals 16 new measures including easing of restrictions on buying homes and school enrolment
Chief executive, speaking in Beijing, also makes it clear that Hong Kong’s role under the ambitious national development project has not diminished. Leading group agrees to roll out initiatives to make it easier for Hong Kong people to l...
Can China’s Greater Bay Area offer relief to Hong Kong’s housing woes?
A very creative and interesting ideas and solutions is published today in SCMP by Cissy Zhou and He Huifeng, to the real big problem behind the Hong Kong Civil War (It's not a protests. It's not a riots. and its not -yet- a terror. The m...
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