Anisha Bhaduri

China

Editor at China Daily Asia Weekly

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Articles

AIIB, HKMA pact broadens regional remit, deepens impact

2 days ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

Anisha Bhaduri says Hong Kong’s unique regional position and global stature can help the investment bank with its focus on ASEAN and other emerging marketsIn the last week of June, the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed an agreement with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) for investment in a portfolio of venture capital funds that prioritize investments across emerging markets in Asia.
Fruits of HK’s first-quarter growth elude many low-paid workers

1 week ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

Anisha Bhaduri says ensuring the creation of ample and suitable opportunities for the most vulnerable in society should not be a tall order Hong Kong expanded its real gross domestic product 3.1 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, up from 2.5 percent in the preceding quarter, but by the admission of authorities, “The labor market remained tight in the first quarter of 2025.” Government data suggest that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 3.2 percent in the first quarter...
HK gets Art Basel cousin in Qatar, and perhaps some perspective

1 week ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

In May, Art Basel announced it would start a Qatar edition in February 2026 — the first for an international art-fair group in the Middle East. The world’s biggest organizer of modern and contemporary art shows boasts a global lineup, currently holding yearly events in Hong Kong, Miami Beach, Paris and Basel. The new venture will be hosted in partnership with Qatar Sports Investments, which, as widely reported, was instrumental in helping stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup in the Gulf nation.
For HK’s economy, blue could be the new green

2 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

At the Legislative Council in late May, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said shipping companies considered financial subsidies from the government neither financially sustainable nor an effective solution, while addressing concerns about the negative impact on Hong Kong from staggering port fees proposed by the United States. “In contrast,” Chan told LegCo, “the industry hopes that the government can better consolidate the edges for the maritime sector operating in Hong Kong”.
Elderly in HK deserve more care, understanding

3 weeks ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

In the last week of May, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government announced 30 measures to help harness the economic benefits of an aging demography. The number of people aged 65 and above in Hong Kong touched 1.68 million in late 2023, accounting for 22.4 percent of the total population and as per official indicators, by 2043, would likely reach 2.67 million, or about 35 percent of the population. And the cumulative spending by that segment?
Education more important than either branding or perception

1 month ago | chinadailyasia.com | Anisha Bhaduri

The Education Bureau (EDB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has requested the city’s universities to reach out to top talent following the ban on Harvard University’s enrolling foreign students by US President Donald Trump’s administration; this has since been contested, earning the university a temporary reprieve.
Education more important than either branding or perception

1 month ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

The Education Bureau (EDB) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has requested the city’s universities to reach out to top talent following the ban on Harvard University’s enrolling foreign students by US President Donald Trump’s administration; this has since been contested, earning the university a temporary reprieve.
Strong Hong Kong dollar helping home sales, fueling hope

1 month ago | chinadailyhk.com | Anisha Bhaduri

A couple of weeks after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority shared that negative equity cases in Hong Kong’s real estate market had climbed to a new high, mid-May saw a flurry of widely reported sales driven by a drop in interest rates. According to HKMA estimates, the number of residential mortgage loans in negative equity stood at 40,741 at the end of March — reportedly the highest on record since the fourth quarter of 2003.
Strong Hong Kong dollar helping home sales, fueling hope

1 month ago | chinadailyasia.com | Anisha Bhaduri

A couple of weeks after the Hong Kong Monetary Authority shared that negative equity cases in Hong Kong’s real estate market had climbed to a new high, mid-May saw a flurry of widely reported sales driven by a drop in interest rates. According to HKMA estimates, the number of residential mortgage loans in negative equity stood at 40,741 at the end of March — reportedly the highest on record since the fourth quarter of 2003.
It’s time for HK to broaden its ‘circle of friends’ in emerging markets

1 month ago | chinadailyasia.com | Anisha Bhaduri

Days after the China-US trade talks in Geneva, it emerged that from January through April, US enterprises formed the second-biggest group, after those from the Chinese mainland, to have set up base or expanded in Hong Kong.