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2 weeks ago | 
thestar.com.my | Mandy Zuo |Fan Chen
When Candice Meng, a real estate developer from Guangzhou in southern China, heard about US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a new “gold card” offering permanent residency to the super-rich, she was initially intrigued. The requirement to invest at least US$5 million in the United States to qualify for the scheme seemed reasonable: the price tag is actually far higher for similar golden visa programmes in other countries, she pointed out.
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2 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Mandy Zuo |Fan Chen
When Candice Meng, a real estate developer from Guangzhou in southern China, heard about US President Donald Trump’s proposal for a new “gold card” offering permanent residency to the super-rich, she was initially intrigued. The requirement to invest at least US$5 million in the United States to qualify for the scheme seemed reasonable: the price tag is actually far higher for similar golden visa programmes in other countries, she pointed out.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Mandy Zuo |Fan Chen
2 hours agoWhen Shreya Mishra Reddy was admitted to Harvard University in 2023, her parents were "ecstatic". It is "the ultimate school that anybody in India wants to get into," she tells the BBC. Now, with graduation around the corner, she has had to break the bad news to her family: she may not graduate in …
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Fan Chen |Ji Siqi
Beijing’s moderate relaxation of export controls on some rare earths – raw materials essential in hi-tech and aerospace hardware – as part of a trade truce with the US reflects China’s goodwill in striving to de-escalate tensions even as it remains firmly in control of those critical metals, according to analysts.
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3 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Fan Chen |Alice Li |He Huifeng
Within hours of Beijing and Washington announcing a temporary truce in their ongoing trade war on Monday, production lines across China began grinding back into gear. Chinese factory owners say they quickly received a barrage of messages from US buyers, demanding they resume production on orders that had been frozen due to sky-high tariffs – and expedite as many deliveries as possible.
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4 weeks ago | 
scmp.com | Fan Chen |Jane Cai
China has reported a drop in consumer prices in April, unwelcome news as the country scrambles to battle deflation wrought by sky-high tariffs levied on shipments between the world’s two largest economies. The national consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, edged down by 0.1 per cent year on year last month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday. That was nearly the same as the 0.09 per cent fall predicted by economists in a Bloomberg poll.
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1 month ago | 
scmp.com | Ralph Jennings |Fan Chen
After cancelling record orders of US pork amid a raging trade war, China is ready to further cut back on US agricultural imports, analysts said. Last week, Chinese importers withdrew orders for 12,030 metric tonnes of American pork – the largest cancellation since May 2020, early in the Covid-19 pandemic – according to US Department of Agriculture figures.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Ralph Jennings |Fan Chen
4 hours agoChina's latest response on tariffs sends shock into the marketChina denied engaging in any tariff negotiation with the U.S. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson said the U.S. should stop creating …2 hours agoApple to Shift All US iPhone Assembly to India Amid Tariff Turmoil, Report SaysThe manufacturing move aims to address massive US tariffs against China that could spur higher prices on the company's biggest-selling product.
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2 months ago | 
scmp.com | Fan Chen |Cheryl Arcibal
A top executive at Al Nasser Holdings, a prominent conglomerate based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), said his firm would strengthen cooperation with Hong Kong companies in financial services, sustainability and aviation.
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2 months ago | 
thestar.com.my | Fan Chen |Salina Li |Cheryl Arcibal
Hong Kong’s weakening retail sales and slumping property market have sharply reduced the capital values of commercial real estate owned by celebrities like Nicholas Tse Ting-fung and the family of the late “King of Gambling” Stanley Ho Hung-sun. The Macau tycoon’s property at 20 Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, has been put up for sale at HK$88 million (US$11.3 million), CBRE, the sole agent for the sale, said on Tuesday.
