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South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China's space military tech ‘threat', trade deal progress clues: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP's biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing China is moving 'breathtakingly fast' in space military technologies and posing strategic threats to the United States, America's top space force official said on Tuesday. The United States and China could reach a trade agreement as early as next week, according to a Harvard scholar, who has offered clues on the state of negotiations weeks after the two rival economies agreed to a trade truce. Passengers arrive at Heathrow Airport in London in January 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE The number of wealthy mainland Chinese choosing to emigrate is projected to drop to a 10-year low this year thanks to the country's improved business environment and its growing appeal to tech entrepreneurs, according to a report by a London-based advisory firm.


South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Why are fewer wealthy Chinese likely to emigrate this year?
The number of wealthy mainland Chinese choosing to emigrate is projected to drop to a 10-year low this year thanks to the country's improved business environment and its growing appeal to tech entrepreneurs, according to a report by a London-based advisory firm. Henley & Partners' annual wealth migration report also said that Hong Kong is starting to see steady inflows of millionaire migrants from the rest of Asia, with an anticipated net inflow of 800 this year, including many executives from fast-growing hi-tech companies in neighbouring Shenzhen. A record 142,000 high-net-worth individuals – people with more than US$1 million in investible wealth – are expected to relocate internationally this year, according to the report, which was released on Tuesday. It said the net outflow of mainland Chinese millionaires would drop to 7,800 – down from 15,200 last year and 13,800 in 2023 – ending the country's decade-long run as the world's leading source of wantaway wealthy. The United Kingdom is set to have the largest net outflow of any country, losing 16,500 millionaires this year, the report said. Other European countries such as France, Spain and Germany are likely to be other major sources of outflow, it added. The rise of Chinese tech hubs such as Shenzhen and Hangzhou, alongside rapid growth in the private banking, healthcare and entertainment industries, is giving mainland millionaires new reasons to stay, Henley & Partners said. An emigration consultant and a wealthy Chinese mother said another major reason for the expected reduction in the outflow of mainland millionaires – likely to be the lowest since the Covid-19 pandemic according to the Henley & Partners report – was the growing uncertainty facing Chinese students studying abroad.