South China Morning Post - Companies

International marques have failed to sustain the market share they regained in China early this year after consumers fell back in love with electric vehicles (EVs), a sector where domestic brands continue to enjoy an overwhelming advantage. Foreign carmakers from Volkswagen to Toyota held a combined 30.3 per cent share of the Chinese automotive market in April, with about 418,14...

Hong Kong is set to attract top global fund managers to relocate to the city, as they will no longer need to pay salaries tax on performance-linked bonuses if they meet certain criteria under a proposed law change to be submitted to the Legislative Council, according to industry sources and academia. If passed, the measure would make Hong Kong the first major Asian financial cen...

Leading Chinese carmakers like BYD and Chery Automobile are reaping rewards from their efforts to boost sales abroad, as they chase higher profitability amid rising demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Chery, which spearheaded the go-global drive among mainland China’s automotive groups and is the country’s largest car exporter, delivered three times as many cars overseas as at h...

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek took the top spot on a major US business spending index in June, surging as more companies swap out expensive American options like OpenAI and Anthropic in favour of more affordable alternatives. According to a “trending software vendors” list from New York-based corporate spending platform Ramp – which tracks when businesses buy...

Beijing’s latest efforts to tighten oversight of cross-border capital flows have sparked concerns that a reduction in mainland demand for Hong Kong homes could impact the city’s recovering property market. The debate follows a series of measures unveiled in recent weeks, including tighter scrutiny of unauthorised offshore brokers and guidelines issued to crack down on illegal cr...