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Huanxi Media Group’s shares surged after it announced Douyin’s parent ByteDance would pay it at least 630 million yuan (US$90.8 million) for new movies and dramas to stream on its top video platforms as a viral outbreak in mainland Chin...

The head of France’s state-controlled telecommunications operator Orange has renewed his defence of Huawei Technologies’ right to sell 5G equipment in Europe amid tense debates on the continent over mobile network security.Discussion ha...

Optimism in the Hong Kong stock market about the incoming Year of the Rat has been diluted by the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, which will determine if the city’s stocks will make a “red debut” to the new year or not.Whether the ci...

US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said new rules are coming soon that will put more limits on American companies supplying China’s telecommunications leader Huawei Technologies.Huawei was blacklisted last year as a security threat by the admin...

As Chinese authorities have put Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province, in quarantine on Thursday due to the coronavirus, short-video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou have become one of the most important channels for outsiders to know what...

Broadcom disclosed new agreements to provide components for Apple devices released through the middle of 2023.The San Jose, California-based chip maker said it entered into two multi-year pacts “for the supply of a range of specified high-perf...

iPhone maker Apple on Thursday pushed back against EU lawmakers’ call for a common charger, warning the move could hamper innovation, create a mountain of electronic waste and irk consumers.Apple’s comments came a week after lawmakers a...

Some Hong Kong life insurance companies are placing their hopes on the return of more mainland Chinese customers to the city to help reverse a three-year slump in sales even as China and Hong Kong’s economies are slowing in tandem.Part of thei...

The mainland Chinese markets are shut on Friday for the Lunar New Year holiday and will resume trading on January 31 now, a break that might prove to be the only respite for stocks amid a growing coronavirus outbreak. The numbers are rising – ...

More than a decade after falling in love with Niseko, two women entrepreneurs from Hong Kong are tapping into the booming tourism in the Japanese winter resort again with their third property development venture.Through Apex Property Ltd, co-founders...

Benjamin Franklin hit upon one of life’s immutable truths in 1789 when he wrote that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. However, our global multinationals – in particular, our digita...

This article originally appeared on ABACUSTencent is the world’s largest gaming company by revenue, but it’s mostly known as the developer or owner of competitive multiplayer games like Arena of Valor, PUBG Mobile and League of Legends....

Call it the Teflon market. The list of potential triggers for a major sell-off continues to grow, yet none of the most frequently cited ones appear menacing enough to cause investor sentiment to deteriorate sharply.Last year, global equity and bond m...

This article originally appeared on ABACUSTech companies have been scrambling to respond to the rapid spread of the deadly Wuhan coronavirus through China that’s already infected hundreds of people. Huawei’s developer conference is the ...

China’s studios have indefinitely delayed the release of seven highly anticipated blockbusters just before the start of the Lunar New Year holiday, yielding to government orders to avoid public gatherings to contain the spread of a deadly vira...

Amid a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 17 people and infected hundreds more throughout China, the country’s tech platforms have announced a slew of measures reacting to the spread of the virus.The death toll in China almost doubled in one...

China stocks recorded their biggest daily loss in eight months on Thursday, while the Hong Kong market also suffered sharp losses. The spread of the Wuhan coronavirus that led to a lockdown of the central Chinese city was behind a new round of sell-o...

Hong Kong’s Exchange Fund, the war chest used to defend the local currency from attacks by short sellers, reported its second highest investment income on record in 2019 despite weaker returns in the second half of the year as the city underwe...

Banks and financial companies are advising employees to use caution in visiting high-risk areas and practice good hygiene as concerns over a viral outbreak in Wuhan has caused local authorities to ban travel to and from the capital of central Hubei p...

Airline stocks tumbled on Thursday along with broader Hong Kong and China markets, after the government placed a travel ban on Wuhan city, the origin of a spreading new coronavirus strain that has infected hundreds and led to 17 deaths.Wuhan, a major...