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    Primrose Riordan is based in Hong Kong and writes about the city as well as Macau and South China. Before joining the Financial Times, she was a reporter at The Australian Financial Review, The Australian and The Canberra Times. She was a recipient of the Wallace Brown Young Achiever Award.
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    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Driverless vehicles
      Baidu to operate fully driverless robotaxis in China

      Internet group will offer rides in Wuhan and Chongqing without a human operator

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      Hong Kong economy
      Hong Kong falls into second recession in 3 years as coronavirus restrictions sting

      Economy contracts 1.4% as Beijing’s zero-Covid policy threatens financial hub status

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      Evergrande Real Estate Group
      Evergrande misses deadline for $300bn debt restructuring plan

      Chinese real estate developer’s update lacks concrete proposal for investors on liabilities

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Chinese business & finance
      Chinese retailer Miniso’s shares plunge after short-seller report

      New York-listed discount store says allegations of financial mismanagement are ‘without merit’

    • Saturday, 23 July, 2022
      Evergrande Real Estate Group
      Evergrande’s chief executive steps down over mystery $2bn claim

      Indebted Chinese developer was probing how deposits were pledged as security for third-party guarantees

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      The Big Read
      The reinvention of Hong Kong

      After three stormy years, Xi Jinping hails a ‘new era’ for the city. It is likely to be less international and closer to mainland China

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      FT Magazine
      She was loved for standing up to China. She may die in jail

      The story of Claudia Mo is also that of Beijing’s tightening grip on Hong Kong

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Macau
      Macau’s Covid crackdown leaves Stanley Ho’s SJM casino group burning cash

      Liquidity declines at operator founded by late tycoon as coronavirus curbs hit gambling sector

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      NetEase Inc
      NetEase shares fall after nationalist backlash in China over Winnie the Pooh post

      Cartoon bear is often used to criticise President Xi Jinping and has been blacklisted by censors

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Hong Kong economy
      Hong Kong fund managers plead with officials to reopen border

      Lobby group representing $52tn in assets says city could ‘be put in an uncompetitive position’

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Chinese business & finance
      BYD pollution probe heaps pressure on China’s stuttering electric vehicle sector

      Carmaker under investigation after claims residents near factory suffered nosebleeds and breathing problems

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong authorities snuff out Tiananmen Square commemorations

      Police arrest six after closing park that traditionally held biggest annual vigil of massacre

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      IPOs
      Xiaomi-linked companies halt IPOs after Chinese regulator scrutiny

      Groups tied to smartphone seller’s ‘ecosystem’ become targets in Beijing’s crackdown on Big Tech

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong officials escape quarantine that batters city’s reputation

      Senior staff exempted from up to two weeks in designated hotel faced by ordinary travellers on return to city

    • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
      Hong Kong politics
      Davis Polk Asia chair withdraws from Hong Kong security law forum

      US law firm’s attendance seen as endorsement of controversial law, critics say

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
      US law firm denounced for joining event to mark Hong Kong security law

      Davis Polk criticised for agreeing to appear at commemoration of measure used in opposition crack down

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      Tencent Holdings Ltd
      Tencent’s revenue growth hit by tech crackdown and Covid curbs

      Results come a day after China promises ‘support’ for technology groups amid economic woes

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
      FT Wealth
      Turbulent times ahead for Hong Kong’s jet owners

      The pandemic has forced even the wealthiest in Asia’s biggest financial hub into some difficult decisions

    • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
      The Big Read
      Shanghai lockdown exposes global supply chain strains

      Knock-on effects from disruptions in China could hit ports in Europe and the US when sea freight starts moving again

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      News in-depthHong Kong politics
      Arrest of Cardinal Zen send chills through Hong Kong’s Catholic church

      Chinese city’s diocese had already cancelled masses to commemorate Tiananmen Square protests

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Hong Kong politics
      Hong Kong police arrest Cardinal Zen under national security law

      Popular singer, scholar and barrister also detained amid crackdown in Chinese territory

    • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
      BYD Co Ltd
      Chinese carmaker BYD cuts production over pollution claims

      Authorities open investigation into claims that emissions from factory are harming local residents

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      BYD Co Ltd
      Buffett-backed BYD’s shares drop after launch of pollution probe

      China’s second-biggest automaker is being investigated over claims of harmful emissions

    • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
      Hong Kong politics
      Beijing-backed hardliner John Lee chosen as Hong Kong’s next leader

      Critics say uncontested election won by former security minister was a ‘facade’

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Chinese society
      Chinese social media groups reveal nationalist influencers blogging from abroad

      Proposal to reveal locations exposes patriotic commentators and stokes outrage among users

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