What does the Magic Circle mean to you? For the legal profession in the UK it’s the most prestigious of their law firms. For magicians, it’s their trade union (motto indocilis privata loqui or ‘don’t tell...
South China investor Joe Lo looks at how the Greater Bay Area is evolving from the Pearl River Delta era, and at what needs to happen to keep its economy firing. Chinese president Xi Jinping has a grand vision, called...
Joseph Lo is a China-based entrepreneur with extensive experience of working and investing in Macau. In the first of a short series, here’s his introduction to the only part of China where casinos are legal. A history...
Last week the Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced more licences for ‘virtual banks’, or banks that do business through digital channels rather than physical branches. Firms from mainland China feature strongly...
Change is a constant for Shenzhen’s economy, so much so that ‘Shenzhen speed’ is a favoured way of describing how the landscape is shifting. Neo Wang, HSBC’s Co-Chief Executive in Guangdong province, talked to the...
China’s leaders have a liking for grand initiatives, so much so that the efforts to transform the Greater Bay Area can’t even take top billing in policy terms, despite its huge ambitions. That title probably goes...
Huawei is probably the GBA’s most successful company. It is also one of China’s most contentious brands overseas, with warnings from its opponents that it might serve as snooper-in-chief for the Chinese...
Shenzhen took the GBA’s top spot in economic terms last year, announcing Rmb2.42 trillion (or HK$2.87 trillion) in GDP for 2018. That was a smidgen ahead of Hong Kong’s HK$2.85 trillion for the same period...
Shenzhen has just got the go-ahead for a third runway, taking its capacity to about 80 million passengers a year. Hong Kong and Guangzhou are on growth spurts as well. Does the Greater Bay Area really need so many...
The Greater Bay Area needs to break down its internal borders if the region is going to reach its full potential. So say the economists. But a row over a revamp of Hong Kong’s extradition laws shows that freeing up the...
State shareholders want out at Gree Electric, China’s largest air-conditioning manufacturer. The shake-up at the Zhuhai giant will set the tone for Gree’s future, with major new investors said to be interested...
Homes in Huizhou cost a fraction of those in Hong Kong despite being not much more than 60 miles away. But property price arbitrage in the GBA isn’t as straightforward as speculators might hope. Everybody knows that...
Helen Wong is excited about the commercial prospects in the Greater Bay Area. But she says the history of the region matters too, as she gives the Brief four areas for focus for the bank Personal connections: ...
The starting gun sounded in mid-February for the Greater Bay Area when the State Council released its much-delayed blueprint on what it wants to happen next. Here are five themes that featured in a review from Julia...
Gree Electric is one of the best-known home appliance brands in the Greater Bay Area. Dong Mingzhu, its veteran boss, wants to take the air-con maker in a new direction, although some of its shareholders need more...
Guangzhou celebrated the first races at its new horseracing track this week. Punting was prohibited but local dignitaries played up the potential under the Greater Bay Area banner. The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which owns...
Legend has it that the house always wins in the gambling business. But a group of Macau’s casinos are worried that that the trade war might see them lose their edge when gaming concessions come up for negotiation next...
Old enemies in Hong Kong’s port are looking for common shelter as they come under threat from rivals further up the coast. But local regulators still need to be persuaded that the former foes should be allowed to join...
Gordon Wu dreamed of a bridge across the Pearl River long before today’s policymakers put it into practice. His flagship Hopewell has been building roads in the GBA for years, but he now seems set on returning to his...
Services finally started last week on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, almost two years late. The first train left the station to a strange mix of congratulation and controversy. About time! Hong Kong...
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