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...Its main thoroughfare Chung Ying Street, a winding alley of shophouses that marks the official border between Hong Kong and mainland China, remains out of bounds for tourists....
...Mark Wong, who was wearing a Messi Argentina shirt, said he came to see “Messi and the Hong Kong team” and it was disappointing the star had not played....
...The Caixin services purchasing managers’ index, a closely watched private survey of activity in the sector, came in at 51.5, well ahead of analyst expectations and above the 50-point mark, indicating expansion...
...The ByteDance-owned company has agreed to invest $1.5bn in Tokopedia, the ecommerce unit of Indonesia’s GoTo, in return for a controlling stake of 75.01 per cent, writes the Financial Times’ William Langley...
...Belt and Road Forum: Beijing hosts leaders of developing countries to mark the 10th anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative....
...The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap rose 1.5 per cent over the past 24 hours to trade at about $40,109.85 after first breaching the $40,000 mark shortly after 6am....
...China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers index came in at 49.5 for October, below the 50-point mark that separates contraction from expansion....
...Taiwan: On today’s Double Tenth National Day, Taiwan marks the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising. Financial markets are closed....
...William Langley...
...Hong Kong: The second day of the eighth Belt and Road Summit, which marks the 10th anniversary of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s global infrastructure project, includes a special session on Hong Kong as a hub...
..., so our business . . . has also seen a decline,” said Michael Lu, president of gift box producer Brothersbox, which employs 240 people at a factory in Dongguan and supplies brands including Nestlé and Marks...
...Japan’s central bank made unscheduled purchases of government debt on Wednesday as yields on benchmark bonds hit their highest mark in a decade, while a global market sell-off also continued to drive US...
...That would mark the first year-on-year deflationary month since February 2021....
...William Langley Will eurozone inflation ease the pressure on the ECB?...
...During a rare visit to Hong Kong to mark the anniversary of the 1997 handover, Xi himself declared that the territory should maintain its capitalist system “with a high level of autonomy”....
...William Langley Is UK inflation starting to fall?...
...Mark Dreyfus, attorney-general, said the ban will come into effect “as soon as practicable” and that exemptions would only be granted on a case-by-case basis....
...The construction industry sub-index rose to 65.6, its highest mark since July 2011....
...The 50-point mark separates expansion from contraction....
...Lunar new year: Millions begin traveling in China for celebrations to mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit....
...Motoring and cycling retailer Halfords, department store Marks & Spencer and clothing retailer Asos also release trading updates....
...The scrapping of mandatory quarantine for confirmed Covid patients marks a further unwinding of one of the last tenets of the strict pandemic policy that isolated the city and diminished its status as a...
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