A Hong Kong court has sentenced veteran film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming to five months in prison for sharing insider information with his sister to trade shares in an entertainment company he chaired in 2017. However, the 80-year-old will not have to begin serving the sentence immediately, after Magistrate Ko Wai-hung granted him bail pending appeal on Tuesday. Ko said he would not c...
A Hong Kong court has sentenced veteran film producer and actor Raymond Wong Pak-ming to five months in prison for sharing insider information with his sister to trade shares in an entertainment company he chaired in 2017. However, the 80-year-old will not have to begin serving the sentence immediately, after Magistrate Ko Wai-hung granted him bail pending appeal on Tuesday. Ko said he would not consider a suspended sentence or any non-custodial punishment for Wong, who was convicted of insider...
Igor Kutyaev/iStock via Getty Images By Lynn Song , Chief Economist, Greater China Exports saw a big boost from the recovery of exports to the US China's exports rose by 19.3% year-on-year in May (market forecast15.0%, ING 19.4%), which was up from 14.1% YoY in April. This is in line with our forecast, though stronger than market forecasts. The increase marked a 3-month high and brought the year-t...
Igor Kutyaev/iStock via Getty Images By Lynn Song , Chief Economist, Greater China Exports saw a big boost from the recovery of exports to the US China's exports rose by 19.3% year-on-year in May (market forecast15.0%, ING 19.4%), which was up from 14.1% YoY in April. This is in line with our forecast, though stronger than market forecasts. The increase marked a 3-month high and brought the year-to-date export growth to 15.5% YoY. By export destination, the big story for May was a strong rebound of exports to the US, which rose to 35.4% YoY, the highest growth level since 2021. This recovery is primarily a base effect story rather than a reflection of Trump's visit to China. Recall that May 2025 marked the peak of the US-China trade war, when additional tariffs on China surged to 125%. This effect will likely weaken starting with next month's data. We'll start to get a more realistic look at trade in the months ahead under the current tariff environment. The recovery we have seen in the last two months brought year-to-date exports to the US to -2.7% YoY. If we see exports return to positive growth this year, it will remove the biggest drag on China's exports from last year. Tangible trade deliverables looked rather limited after Trump's visit to China. Announcements focused on restoring agricultural purchases to "normal" levels, but moves to establish a trade board and adopt a "constructive strategic stability" approach to bilateral relations could help both sides avoid major trade clashes like last year. There is hope that we'll see further trade breakthroughs before or after President Xi's possible visit to the US in September. Looking at other areas, exports to South Korea were also very strong (42.1%) as tech trade has accelerated. We also saw strong export growth to ASEAN (24.3%) and Russia (35.8%). The key laggards were exports to the EU (7.6%) and Japan (10.9%). By export product, the same trends from the past few years continued. China's exports of hi-tech p...
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the AI trade bounces back OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market The AI trade has continued to bounce back this morning, reports Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid: The KOSPI (+7.35%) is sharply higher after its 9th worst day in 45 plus years of history yesterday (-8.29%). The Nikkei (+2.19%) is also benefitin...
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the AI trade bounces back OpenAI confidentially files for initial public offering on US stock market The AI trade has continued to bounce back this morning, reports Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid: The KOSPI (+7.35%) is sharply higher after its 9th worst day in 45 plus years of history yesterday (-8.29%). The Nikkei (+2.19%) is also benefiting from a recovery in technology stocks after a decline of over -3.5% yesterday . Chinese stocks are up just over half a percent and other markets are broadly flat. S&P 500 (+0.26%) and NASDAQ 100 (+0.54%) futures are also continuing to recover after a decent session yesterday. Continue reading...
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