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Filmmaker Yang Manman on China’s millions searching for belonging

Yang runs the Floating Population Club, a community art space for some of Guangzhou’s rootless

Originally from Hunan, Yang has lived in Belgium and the Netherlands as well as Beijing, before making a life for her family in Guangzhou

13 Jul 2024 - 11:45AM

Hong Kong, Guangdong sign 6 cooperation deals to strengthen bay area integration

13 Jul 2024 - 12:42AM

Zhongshan flats are hot as Hongkongers flock in on Shenzhen bridge

7 Jul 2024 - 2:22PMvideocam

In China’s Guangzhou, a web of factories gives rise to Shein

An extensive army of manufacturers, managed through a complex digital system, has fed Shein’s meteoric growth.

6 Jul 2024 - 12:00PM

Shein is one of the world’s fastest-growing online shopping platforms. Illustration: Henry Wong

China’s second-hand property sales surge after policy incentives

Secondary-market sales in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen hit a 14-month high in June, but new home sales slumped further on delivery angst.

4 Jul 2024 - 8:00AM

Lychee farmers reap the benefits of China’s rural 5G push

Enhanced 5G coverage is helping farmers reach more customers through live streaming, as unpredictable weather threatens their livelihood.

16 Jun 2024 - 2:00PM

Why 2 Hong Kong entrepreneurs decided to move their start-ups over the border

Biotech firm founder Elvis Yu and AI content company founder Wang Cong explain why they moved to Qianhai, but Hong Kong is key to plans.

13 Jun 2024 - 11:47AM

Elvis Yu founded biotechnology firm Inspro Science in 2019 after winning a start-up competition organised by the Trade Development Council. Photo: Eugene Lee

Bay area connectivity pledge amid ��new normal’ of Hongkongers heading north

Greater Bay Area’s economic prowess has grown over past five years as cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau deepened, official says.

12 Jun 2024 - 1:01AM

Canton Fair trade exposition, 67 years on, still draws an American crowd

Founded in 1957, the China Import and Export Fair in Guangzhou has weathered embargoes, trade wars and pandemics, with supporters saying it remains essential.

7 Jun 2024 - 2:01AM

AIA eyes more office buildings in China on rapid growth in insurance business

AIA Group, Asia’s largest insurer, is picking an opportune time to look for office buildings in mainland China to house its operations. A two-year slump in the property market has rendered these assets ‘affordable.’

27 May 2024 - 4:42PM

AIA’s headquarters in Wan Chai, pictured on May 21, 2024. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

China warns of floods as ‘dragon boat rain’ threatens to soak Pearl River region

Cities in south China are on high alert and authorities are preparing for emergencies as forecasters warn of heavy rainstorms in coming weeks.

21 May 2024 - 4:18PM

A man rides a scooter through a flooded street following heavy rain in Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sunday. Photo: AFP

My Take | China’s heavy rainstorms show there’s no room for complacency on climate risks

Deadly highway collapse and tornado in storm-battered Guangdong province serve as reminders of importance of predicting and preparing for weather disasters.

7 May 2024 - 9:40PMvideocam

China out to cash in with 90,000 overseas buyers set to flock to Canton Fair

Tackling payment issues is a small but important part of Beijing’s broader efforts to bring down barriers for foreigners in China, with a particular focus on the start of the Canton Fair later this month in Guangzhou.

6 Apr 2024 - 1:17PMvideocam

Top global universities look to Hong Kong and rest of Greater Bay Area for I&T

Universities from around the globe examine collaborations with research and education institutions in the Greater Bay Area.

4 Apr 2024 - 12:05AM

Tony Chan, the president of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, tells an international I&T summit in Hong Kong that the Greater Bay Area is crucial to development in the sector.
Photo: Sun Yeung

With lofty plans for south, China’s ‘low-altitude economy’ is on the rise

Nansha, a district in China’s southern provincial capital of Guangzhou, has been christened as a test bed for the ‘low-altitude economy’, an emerging industry covering unmanned vehicles, particularly drones.

26 Mar 2024 - 11:00AMvideocam

A district in China’s southern provincial capital has been named as a staging ground for the “low-altitude economy”, a growing sector most familiar to consumers through drones. Photo: Xinhua

Why more Hong Kong retirees are homing in on Greater Bay Area

Growing number of elderly Hongkongers opting to live across the border, but concern groups say fundamental differences between local and mainland’s healthcare system still a deterrent.

25 Feb 2024 - 10:00AMvideocam

Hong Kong’s elderly to feel benefit with expansion of health voucher plan

Hongkongers eligible for subsidies will by the third quarter be able to spend them at seven additional hospitals and dental clinics in southern China. Fostering a stronger culture of preventive medicine will help ease the burden on local hospitals and clinics

23 Feb 2024 - 6:15AM

Some high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and mainland China cut over weather

Cancellations on Thursday and Friday affect G305 and G306 routes to Tianjin West, as well as G6505 and G6506 trains between Hong Kong and Guangzhou South.

22 Feb 2024 - 8:26PM

Passengers at West Kowloon station last year. Those affected by the cancellations may apply for a refund within 30 days by using the MTR Corporation’s website or mobile app. Photo: Jelly Tse

Elderly able to use Hong Kong healthcare vouchers at 7 more bay area centres

Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau says expansion of voucher scheme aims to benefit elderly Hong Kong residents retiring in bay area cities.

19 Feb 2024 - 10:55PM

Hong Kong and rest of Greater Bay Area pledge closer links 5 years into plan

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan says stronger links between city’s financial sector and rest of Greater Bay Area being forged.

19 Feb 2024 - 12:15AM

Regions ‘more connected than ever’ as China’s Greater Bay Area plan turns 5

After five years, China’s efforts to integrate its populous south under its Greater Bay Area blueprint appear to have borne fruit, with transport between regions already taking less time – and future construction aims to make those trips even faster and easier.

18 Feb 2024 - 11:01AMvideocam

The new Guangzhou Baiyun Railway Station has been cited as a symbol of greater transport connectivity for the Greater Bay Area plan. Photo: Xinhua

Headwinds for Hong Kong airport as bay area rivals eye bigger slice of pie

Some experts have warned that Hong Kong could lose out in the battle for business as Shenzhen and Guangzhou airports eye aggressive expansion.

18 Feb 2024 - 6:47PM

Major Chinese cities ease home-buying curbs as policy support gathers pace

China’s measures to boost the nation’s troubled housing market are trickling down to the provincial and city levels, with more cities relaxing curbs to buy property.

31 Jan 2024 - 4:30PMvideocam

China property: Country Garden auctioning US$530 million of assets in Guangzhou

The Foshan-based developer has listed five properties for sale in Guangdong’s provincial capital as it seeks to raise cash to repay debt due in the next six months.

23 Jan 2024 - 3:57PMvideocam

Editorial | Greater Bay Area measures to benefit both parties

Hong Kong professionals will find it easier to operate in the economic zone, and easing of investment restrictions will help revive economies in the city and mainland China.

6 Jan 2024 - 6:30AM

Looking at Shenzhen from the Free Sky observation deck in Ping An Finance Center, the tallest building in the Greater Bay Area. Photo: Dickson Lee

China’s Greater Bay Area among economic hubs in focus for closer US ties

Vast room’ for links with San Francisco and New York City bay areas, head of Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries says.

2 Jan 2024 - 11:42PMvideocam

President Xi Jinping with a Golden State Warriors basketball jersey gifted to him by California governor Gavin Newsom, ahead of a welcome dinner in San Francisco in November. Photo: X/SpokespersonCHN

Traditional Lingnan objects on display in Hong Kong to inspire modern-day bay area

Exhibition at Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre in Kowloon Park brings together 170 exhibits dating from Western Han dynasty to present day.

1 Jan 2024 - 6:50PM

More Hong Kong border checkpoints with mainland China to operate around the clock

Proposals revealed in National Development and Reform Commission action plan, which also calls for incentives to attract Hong Kong talent across border.

26 Dec 2023 - 9:45PM

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Latest news, analysis, explainers and updates on policy announcements, corporate developments and investment opportunities focused on the Guangdong provincial capital under the Greater Bay Area (GBA) initiative in southern China’s Pearl River Delta The coverage includes politics and policies, business, lifestyle and culture and useful to-do guides about living, working and studying in the GBA.