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Chan Ho-him

Hong Kong Reporter

Chan Ho-him is based in Hong Kong and writes primarily about the city, covering business, conglomerates, macroeconomics and politics. He also writes about the shipping and aviation industries in the Greater China region.

Before he joined the FT in 2021, he was a Hong Kong-based reporter at the South China Morning Post and Ming Pao newspaper.

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  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Supply chains
    European companies step up efforts to decouple from China

    Move comes as Brussels increases scrutiny of goods from world’s largest export economy

    Containers from China are taken between terminals in the Port of Duisburg, Germany
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Hong Kong
    Ex-UK judges resign from Hong Kong court amid China crackdown

    Departure of Lord Jonathan Sumption and Lord Lawrence Collins comes after criticism from human rights groups

    Jonathan Sumption and Lawrence Collins
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    Chinese businesses target Vietnam and Mexico as trade tensions with US rise

    Investment increases in countries that offer alternative supply chain route to US

    Containers being loaded on to a ship
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong convicts 14 activists in city’s largest national security trial

    Two defendants acquitted of conspiracy to commit subversion in closely watched case

    Police form a cordon around journalists covering the trial
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    Legal services
    Exodus of US law firms from Shanghai accelerates

    More practices are closing offices in China’s largest city as corporate work and M&A deals dry up

    Skyscrapers in the Shanghai skyline are enveloped in smog at dawn
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    News in-depthHong Kong politics
    Hong Kong set for verdict in landmark security trial

    Beijing seeks to quash opposition political leadership by targeting 47 figures under sweeping legislation

    Members of the League of Social Democrats carry a banner outside a court in Hong Kong on February 6 2023
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    PwC
    Key clients desert PwC China as Big Four rivals circle

    Accounting firm under cloud over audits of distressed property developer Evergrande and faces severe penalties

    A clerk counts banknotes at a branch of China Merchants Bank
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    Hong Kong economy
    Hong Kong woos Chinese mainlanders eager for more cash and freedom

    Territory tries to maintain allure in wake of pandemic and political crackdown

    Tourists from mainland China enter Hong Kong through the Lo Wu border checkpoint
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Prudential PLC
    Prudential chair admits ‘frustrating and disappointing’ share performance

    Shriti Vadera tells sparsely attended Hong Kong annual meeting the insurance group is still battling difficulties

    Shriti Vadera
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    PwC
    PwC faces crisis in China over audit of failed property giant Evergrande

    Role in approving accounts has led to infighting at Big Four firm as clients reconsider relationship

    Raymund Chao, Asia-Pacific chair of PwC, left, and Hui Ka Yan, founder of Evergrande, with the logo of PwC and an Evergrande building in the background
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Cyber Security
    Arup lost $25mn in Hong Kong deepfake video conference scam

    UK-based engineering group identified as target of fraud that used digitally cloned CFO to trick staff

    A shadowy hand taps at a laptop
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Hong Kong politics
    YouTube blocks videos of Hong Kong protest song deemed seditious

    Google’s streaming company considers appeal and voices concern about impact on freedom of expression

    Anti-government protesters sing the protest anthem ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ at a shopping mall in Hong Kong in May 2020
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Inside BusinessChinese business & finance
    Why Hong Kong should put debt restructuring back on the legislative agenda

    Lawyers say more options are needed to resolve debt problems than simply ‘lose-lose’ liquidations

    An aerial view of unfinished residential compound developed by China Evergrande Group
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China accused of ‘transnational repression’ of students

    Amnesty International report says Chinese authorities harassing citizens studying in Europe and US

    People at the University of Pennsylvania campus
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    Ping An cuts HSBC stake days after voting against Quinn’s re-election

    Sale by shareholder comes in wake of bank announcing chief’s exit

    An HSBC sign in Hong Kong
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    Hong Kong politics
    Hong Kong court bans protest anthem deemed seditious by city officials

    Judgment raises pressure on US tech companies operating in Chinese territory to block the song

    Protesters sing ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ at a shopping mall in Hong Kong in September 2019
  • Wednesday, 8 May, 2024
    The Big Read
    The painful slump in Hong Kong property

    Prices and rents have fallen amid higher interest rates and a slowdown in China. Some experts warn that recovery could be elusive

    Montage image of Hong Kong skyline, with red background and chart lines
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Chinese economy
    Chinese homebuyers favour ‘second-hand’ houses as property crisis bites

    With tens of thousands of new developments yet to be completed, buyers are looking again at older buildings

    Pedestrians walk past an old villa
  • Sunday, 5 May, 2024
    News in-depthShipping
    Biden’s China probe throws lifeline to Korean and Japanese shipyards

    US president’s investigation into Chinese maritime industrial supremacy could lead to new port fees

    Ships under construction at the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co shipyard in South Korea
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Segantii Capital Management
    Former Merrill Lynch banker named in Segantii Capital insider dealing case

    Hong Kong has brought criminal proceedings against the hedge fund and its founder Simon Sadler

    The Hong Kong skyline at night
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Segantii Capital Management
    Hong Kong launches insider trading prosecution of Segantii Capital

    Regulator brings criminal proceedings against hedge fund, its founder Simon Sadler and former trader Daniel LaRocca

    Segantii founder Simon Sadler
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Law
    US law firm Mayer Brown to hive off China operations

    Company is latest to rethink its business in the region as market conditions remain weak

    Signage outside the law firm Mayer Brown in Washington DC
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    HSBC Holdings PLC
    HSBC’s Noel Quinn to step down after 5 years as chief executive

    Bank lifer says he needs ‘rest’ but insiders say the timing was partly dictated by chair Mark Tucker

    Noel Quinn
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Cryptocurrencies
    Hong Kong joins global crypto ETF race

    Rollout of spot bitcoin and ether exchange traded funds follows launch of similar products in US

    A bitcoin logo on a window in Hong Kong
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Chinese equities
    Hong Kong rallies close to bull market territory

    Hang Seng set for strongest April performance among major stock indices

    Exchange Square in Hong Kong
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