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In Profile: Billionaire Founder of Chinese Broker Futu Faces His Toughest Test

Li Hua revolutionized stock trading with social media-inspired features, but a regulatory crackdown on the Chinese mainland and a class action lawsuit in the U.S. threaten the online brokerage’s future

Fang Xinghai. Photo: VCG

Former CSRC Vice Chairman Fang Xinghai Under Investigation

The probe into the former top regulator, known for promoting China’s capital-market opening, is the second investigation involving a former CSRC vice chairman in recent years

HKEX Eases Listing Rules to Attract Innovative and Overseas Issuers

Hong Kong’s exchange cut thresholds for weighted-voting-rights companies and opened confidential IPO filings to all applicants as it seeks to strengthen its position in the global listings race

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Jul 17, 2026 04:55 PM
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For the first quarter of 2026, Everbright reported net profit of 11.5 billion yuan, down 8.1% from a year earlier. Photo: VCG

Everbright Bank Rejects Claims It Hid 20 Billion Yuan in Bad Loans

A wide gap between the lender’s reported nonperforming loans and credit-impaired assets has fueled investor questions, highlighting broader pressures on Chinese banks as stricter asset-classification rules take hold

Jul 25, 2026 01:51 AM
The move follows broader efforts over the past two years to strengthen collection of tax on residents’ overseas income. Photo: VCG

China Issues Detailed 20% Tax Guidance on Offshore Trusts

The rules clarify how personal income tax applies at the establishment, operating and liquidation stages of offshore trust structures

Jul 25, 2026 01:08 AM
Humanoid robots are displayed at AgiBot’s booth during an exhibition in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Dec. 5, 2025. Photo: VCG

AgiBot Begins Hong Kong IPO Process as China’s Embodied-AI Startups Race to List

The Shanghai-based humanoid robot maker becomes the first among a new crop of Chinese embodied-AI companies to formally disclose listing plans

Jul 24, 2026 10:28 PM

The Week Ahead (July 27-Aug. 2): CXMT Set for STAR Market Debut in Board’s Largest IPO

Zhongji Innolight plans Hong Kong’s largest listing this year; the U.S. Federal Reserve holds key interest-rate meeting

Jul 24, 2026 10:17 PM
Yao Shunyu

Tencent Folds Multimodal, LLM Teams Into New AI Unit

The restructuring places chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu over a new foundational-model department as the company seeks to sharpen execution in a more competitive multimodal market

Jul 24, 2026 09:23 PM
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U.S. Investigates Three Chinese Battery-Material Makers Over Alleged Patent Violations

The probe could block Zhejiang province-based Carbon One and two of its subsidiaries from exporting to America

Jul 24, 2026 06:29 PM

Business Brief (July 24): China, U.S. Explore Reciprocal Tariff Cuts

Nvidia CEO opposes U.S. bans on Chinese AI models, China releases national standard for AI agents

Jul 24, 2026 06:21 PM
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Commentary: America Risks an AI Bubble While China Risks Falling Behind

The generative artificial intelligence era requires relentless, heavy-asset spending that Chinese private markets are currently failing to supply

Jul 24, 2026 05:56 PM
China’s Ministry of Finance. Photo: VCG

Commentary: China’s Fiscal Engine Faces a Local Bottleneck

As the era of land-based finance fades, Beijing must ramp up special-purpose bonds and policy tools to plug a widening government funding gap

Jul 24, 2026 05:34 PM
Wang Renhai

Former Henan State Broadcaster Chief Investigated for Disciplinary Violations

Wang Renhai was removed from his posts eight days earlier, and a national journalism award has now been revoked

Jul 24, 2026 05:09 PM
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Third Defendant Surfaces in Over $100 Million U.S. Suit Tied to China Regulatory Leak

The Hong Kong resident’s attempt to release frozen funds aligns closely with the collapse of a multimillion-dollar corporate takeover by an investor with the exact same name

Jul 24, 2026 03:35 PM
Holding her ID card in a social media video, Liu Yan accuses Yangzhou investigators of torturing her husband, former banker Dang Junzhang, and forging evidence.

Wife of Jailed Chinese Banker Alleges Torture, Forged Evidence

The wife’s public plea highlights a rare pushback against a bribery conviction amid China’s sweeping financial anti-corruption drive

Jul 24, 2026 01:39 PM
Rescue workers search the site of a mountain collapse along the Wu River in Hanjia Subdistrict, Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, Chongqing, on July 17, 2026. Photo: He Penglei/China News Service/IC Photo

China Landslide Death Toll Rises to 11, With 50 Still Missing

Rescuers in Chongqing enter a 'deep recovery' phase after finding no further signs of life beneath the collapse

Jul 24, 2026 12:42 PM
File photo: Wang Hong (left) and Deng Yu.

Two Chinese Mathematicians Win Fields Medals in Historic Breakthrough

Wang Hong and Deng Yu become the first Chinese citizens to receive the prestigious award, with Wang becoming only the third female laureate in the prize’s history

Jul 24, 2026 12:11 PM
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Weekly Must-Read: Europe Fortifies Against China’s New Export Juggernaut

Desperate to protect its shrinking industrial base, the EU has unleashed tariffs and subsidy probes to blunt competition from Chinese advanced manufacturing and e-commerce giants

Jul 24, 2026 10:00 AM
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CX Daily: China Offers Brand-Name Drugmakers a Lifeline in Bulk-Procurement Tender

The latest national drug tender seeks to curb destructive price competition while tightening quality requirements for generic medicines

Jul 24, 2026 09:00 AM



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