China’s tech giants fuel the rise of AI tokens as a new corporate currency
Every month, a Beijing-based ByteDance employee says he burns through close to a billion units of a new corporate currency...
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Goldman Sachs backs HKEX with ‘buy rating’, citing Beijing’s policy support, AI stock boost
Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs has cast a vote of confidence in Hong Kong’s financial future by reaffirming its...
5 years after Evergrande, why a China think tank says stock market signals a turnaround
The Evergrande debt crisis exposed vulnerabilities in China’s property sector, but a prominent Beijing-based macroeconomic think tank suggests the country...
Chinese hard tech giants see value surge in first half as global investors pour in capital
Overseas capital has poured into China’s hard technology champions at an unprecedented pace, driving the market value of their mainland...
Opinion | Markets, not politics, will make China’s yuan a global currency
The yuan’s next global push will fall short if it is treated as persuasion. The test is not whether Beijing...
Currency advantages, K-beauty fuel Chinese shopping trips, spending in Korea
When Chelsea Wang travelled to Seoul with two friends in late April, they barely visited any of the city’s palaces...
China doesn’t need to de-throne the dollar to win global currency war
Renminbi and US dollar banknotes are captured in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China, on March 1, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto...
China’s central bank sets weaker yuan midpoint against US dollar for third day
The People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s midpoint rate – which guides onshore market trading within a 2 per...
Argentina edges back to China on currency swap despite US pressure
Argentina’s top central banker sat down with his Chinese counterpart in Shanghai, a quiet overture towards Beijing months after Buenos...
95% of overseas firms expect to sustain or boost use of the yuan: Bank of China poll
The global business appetite for China’s yuan is strengthening as Beijing’s long-term campaign to internationalise its currency gains traction, according...
