This Month
- Exclusive
- Hong Kong protests
Ex-Crosby Textor pollster ‘deeply uncomfortable’ with Hong Kong work
The think tank which commissioned the research was founded by city’s former chief executive who remained a part of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
- Kylar Loussikian
- Exclusive
- Hong Kong protests
Crosby Textor advised pro-Beijing HK officials
The Australian political consultancy provided advice used by pro-Beijing officials in Hong Kong ahead of the start of national security laws that dramatically curtailed free speech.
- Kylar Loussikian
May
Australian among 14 convicted in Hong Kong’s biggest security case
A Hong Kong court has found the pro-democracy activists guilty in a national security case that has effectively wiped out the city’s political opposition.
- Jessie Pang and James Pomfret
- Exclusive
- Investment banking
Grant Samuel recruits ex-Goldman Sachs banker for Hong Kong expansion
The investment bank’s chief executive, Damien Elias, believes Asia is ripe for disruption because the region houses fewer boutique advisory shops.
- Aaron Weinman
Key clients desert PwC China as big four rivals circle
The accounting firm is under a cloud over audits of the distressed property developer Evergrande, and it faces severe penalties.
- Cheng Leng and Chan Ho-him
PwC braces for China crisis and a hefty fine
PwC’s role in approving accounts for troubled property developer Evergrande has led to infighting at the big four firm as clients reconsider their relationship.
- Stephen Foley, Sun Yu and Cheng Leng
Australian investors snag Hong Kong bargains as share prices surge
Fund managers see opportunities, with Chinese authorities promising measures to stop a long-term outflow of money from one of Asia’s biggest sharemarkets.
- Jessica Sier
China unveils dramatic steps to rescue property market
China announced a slate of measures aimed at reinvigorating its ailing property industry and stabilising growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
- Updated
- Amanda Wang
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
