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  Hong Kong’s Largest Digital Bank ZA Now Offers Direct Crypto Trading Services for Retail Users

  Hong Kong's ZA Bank now enables users to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ether directly using fiat currencies, HKD and USD. This service aims to simplify crypto access for retail users—those trading for personal gains—while offering benefits like zero commission for a limited time.

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  After India and China, Now Hong Kong Accelerates CBDC Work With a Special Twist: Here’s What We Know

  The administration of Hong Kong is currently working on the roadmap to introduce the e-HKD CBDC to its estimated population of over 7.5 million in the coming months. Unlike the UK and the US, that have taken a rather democratic approach and invited suggestions on CBDCs from their nationals, Hong Kong wishes to keep the process more in the hands of ...

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  Xiaomi CEO Says Firm to Mass Produce Its Own Cars in First Half of 2024

  Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun said the Chinese smartphone maker will mass produce its own cars in the first half of 2024, a company spokesperson said.

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  TikTok and WeChat: Chinese Apps Dogged by Security Fears

  The United States has fired a new salvo in its rivalry with China, ordering sweeping restrictions against Chinese-owned social media stars TikTok and WeChat.

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  Isolated And Afraid: How Coronavirus Is Changing Pregnancy

  In China and Hong Kong, women are instead left having to choose between spending upwards of HKD 100,000 (US$10,000) for private hospital delivery, where partners are still allowed to attend, or going it alone in the public system.

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  Xiaomi Records 100 Million Smartphone Shipments, Achieves Full-Year Target 2 Months Before Schedule

  The full-year target of shipping 100 million smartphone units was announced by Xiaomi founder and CEO, Lei Jun, back in November last year.

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  Xiaomi IPO: Xiaomi's Weak Hong Kong Debut Casts Shadow on Tech Listings

  Xiaomi priced its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at HKD 17 per share, the bottom of an indicative range

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  ZTE Resumes Trading After Paying US Fine, Investors Wipe Off $3 Billion in Market Value

  ZTE's Hong Kong-listed shares slid 41 percent to HKD 14.98, their lowest in a year, while its Shenzhen shares fell by their 10 percent limit.

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  Razer IPO: Gaming Firm Rises More Than 40 Percent in Hong Kong Debut

  Razer said last week it raised about HKD 3.9 billion ($500 million), excluding underwriting and other expenses.

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  Uber Hikes Hong Kong Fees Amid Legal Troubles

  Uber told Reuters the price rise would benefit drivers as they pocketed most of the fares.

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  Huawei Y7 Prime With 4000mAh Battery, Android 7.0 Nougat Launched

  The big highlights of the Huawei Y7 Prime are its 4000mAh battery, Android 7.0 Nougat, and a fingerprint scanner at the back of the smartphone.

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  Tencent Becomes China's Most Valuable Company

  Its market cap at close on Monday was HKD 1.99 trillion, beating China Mobile's market cap of HKD 1.97 trillion.

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  Separatist Yearning of Hong Kong Youth Spurs Mainland Bridge-Building

  On a recent Sunday night in the working class Hong Kong district of Mong Kok, a group of young, radical activists swore through loud-hailers and gestured rudely as they denounced mainland Chinese as "prostitutes" and "barbarians".

• Worst pollution this year envelops Hong Kong

  Hong Kong residents breathed in the worst air of 2013 on Monday, joining citizens in mainland China who have been choking on dangerously high pollution levels, and further undermining the city's role as an Asian financial centre,

• HSBC sells general insurance business for $914 million

  HSBC has agreed to sell its general insurance businesses to AXA Group and QBE Insurance Group for a cash consideration of $914 million