This Month
Putin to meet ‘dear friend’ Xi in China, defying US
The Russian president is set to arrive in Beijing, underlining the key relationship as China faces growing US pressure to curtail support for the war in Ukraine.
- Greg Torode and Guy Faulconbridge
- Analysis
- Electric vehicles
This is how China’s car dealers are driving the EV revolution
Chinese car dealers are ditching foreign brands slow to respond to the EV transition, while turning to homegrown makers that have been gobbling up market share.
- Gloria Li
- Analysis
- Property development
Why the Chinese are warming to ‘second-hand’ homes
With tens of thousands of new developments yet to be completed, house hunters are looking again at older buildings. End buyers don’t trust developers any more.
- Thomas Hale, Wang Xueqiao, Andy Lin and Chan Ho-him
April
China’s bubble tea brands look to create a stir overseas
Best known for the 1980s Taiwanese variety that includes tapioca balls or “bubbles”, flavoured milk tea beverages are a hit worldwide. Chinese companies are cashing in.
- Thomas Hale, Wang Xueqiao, Chan Ho-him and Gloria Li
‘It’s chaos’: Chinese EVs pile up at Europe’s ports
Executives say Chinese carmakers are not selling EVs in Europe as fast as they expected, turning ports into car parks.
- Arjun Neil Alim, Robert Wright and Peter Campbell
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Eastern suburbs’ elite sell their trophy mansions
Investors Mutual CEO Damon Hambly and wife Philippa Haydon have listed their Bellevue Hill home for $23 million, while Sue Ingham is downsizing in Darling Point.
- Bonnie Campbell
- Opinion
- Big four
We should be glad banks are speaking up
Australia’s big banks are at the coalface of the economy. Governments should be listening when they highlight the need for change.
- Nick Hossack
March
- Exclusive
- Retail
David Jones pens new tech deal to power $35m fresh revenue
The Anchorage Capital-owned department store has signed up US advertising firm Criteo to help it boost revenue and profitability.
- Carrie LaFrenz and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Former top judge Allsop to Hong Kong court
Democracy activists say Australian judges are taking China’s ‘dirty jobs’ after ex Federal Court chief Justice James Allsop joined Hong Kong’s Final Court of Appeal.
- Michael Pelly and Michael Smith
High-flying Hong Kong bankers become a lost generation
Out of work or facing deep salary cuts, some fear that this is not even rock bottom as US-China geopolitical tensions fracture capital markets.
- Lulu Yilun Chen and Denise Wee
Beijing blocks use of Intel and AMD chips in government computers
The stricter government procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsoft’s Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options.
- Ryan McMorrow, Nian Liu and Qianer Liu
China scrutinises PwC role in $118b Evergrande fraud case
Authorities are examining the role of PwC in China Evergrande Group’s accounting practices after the developer was accused of fraud.
- Bloomberg News
More partners exit Baker McKenzie amid integration talks
Baker McKenzie’s Australian managing partner is in Hong Kong for discussions about greater integration with the global firm’s Asian division
- Maxim Shanahan
‘Raided, arrested’: Hong Kong security law threat to Western business
The measures, which further tighten national security laws imposed by Beijing in 2020, fuelled concerns about Hong Kong’s future as Asia’s business hub.
- Updated
- James Warrington and Sarah Newey
China accuses Evergrande of ‘shocking’ $119b fraud
The allegations mark the latest blow for founder Hui Ka Yan, once among Asia’s richest tycoons, who oversaw an empire that spanned real estate to electric vehicles.
- Updated
- Mengchen Lu
- Opinion
- Hong Kong protests
Why Australians should care about Hong Kong’s security crackdown
Hong Kong has adopted China’s definitions of national security risks, calling into question its status as safe gateway to China for Australians.
- Kevin Yam
Hong Kong’s ugly duckling hotel has been transformed
After a chic makeover, the 1980s Regent in Kowloon has been reborn as a flagship hotel that makes the most of its spectacular harbourside location.
- Samantha Hutchinson
China shuns Tesla, Apple as US tensions rise
Delegates at the annual Communist Party meeting spurned iPhones for homegrown handsets, saying US company Apple was “not safe”.
- Ryan McMorrow, Nian Liu, Gloria Li and Michael Acton
China’s indebted provinces meet state bankers to discuss debt relief
Many local governments are grappling with billions of dollars of off-balance sheet debt, stifling their ability to deploy new investments.
- Cheng Leng
- Analysis
- Accounting
The Lehman liquidators taking on China’s Evergrande
The Alvarez & Marsal guns charged with liquidating the world’s most indebted property developer are finding it a lot harder than dealing with the former Wall St giant.
- Kaye Wiggins and Chan Ho-him
