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Fast-fashion retailer Shein debuted on the Hong Kong stock exchange on September 1,2026. Prof. Rujing Meng from HKU Business School noted in an interview with CNA that while global and Hong Kong investors are driving sky-high valuations for hard-tech sectors like AI, semiconductors and robotics, consumer‑tech and e‑commerce platforms such as Shein are no longer market favourites.

It’s been a bad year for Hong Kong residents counting on Greater China for their retirement savings.

For global investors trying to gauge the fallout from surging interest rates and slowing economic growth, Hong Kong is quickly emerging as a must-watch market. Perhaps nowhere else is as exposed to two of the biggest worries roiling global asset prices -- the Federal Reserve’s rapidly tightening monetary policy and China’s sputtering economy.