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MYSTERIOUS: Ping an - What They Never Told You

Ping An Good Doctor Upgrades AI Doctor Service "Ping An AI Doctor", Expanding Access to Ping An Ecosystem's 90 Million MAUs

HONG KONG, June 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited ("Ping An Good Doctor" or the "Company", Stock Code: 1833.HK) has recently upgraded its AI doctor service — Ping An AI Doctor. The service has been fully integrated into a number of core applications under Ping…

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Ping An Launches "Ping An Home" Service Brand

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, June 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As population aging accelerates and medical standards continue to advance, China is steadily entering an era of longevity. While life expectancy is increasing, improving quality of life has become a key concern for society at large. Against this backdrop, Ping An…

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Fortune's Most Powerful Women Asia 2025 list includes top CFOs from Huawei, ByteDance, Sony, Temasek

MPW Asia 2025 includes founders and C-suite leaders whose influence crosses borders and industries.

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Ping An wants to turn China's demographic crisis into an opportunity to showcase a ‘silver future’

The population in China is getting older—and wealthier, better educated, and more skilled. The company sees it as a business opportunity.

Fortune

HSBC denies breakup plan as it launches $3bn share buyback

London-headquartered bank says profits beat forecasts as it prepares to split eastern and western operations

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Meituan Beats Q4 Estimates With Strong Financial Results

Meituan's Q4 success, Ping An's impact, US-China relations, and investor sentiment in Asian markets.

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HSBC hit with huge fine by watchdog over customer deposits

HSBC suffered another serious blow to its reputation today when it was whacked with one of the heaviest fines ever handed out by the City regulator.

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How a focus on Chinese buyers ‘doomed’ Malaysia’s Forest City

The mega-project on artificial islands between Malaysia and Singapore has struggled to attract interest.

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HSBC doubled its profits and is giving shareholders $3 billion in buybacks but the bank's troubles haven’t ended just yet

London-listed HSBC's profits soared, thanks to elevated interest rates. But high costs and pains in Chinese real estate continue to put pressure on it.

Fortune

HSBC investors reject plan to split bank in meeting disrupted by climate protest

Majority of shareholders reject proposal to spin off Asian operations, after hour of disruption from campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Investors force HSBC shareholder vote on structural overhaul

Minority shareholder Ken Lui leads campaign seeking to split bank’s Asian and western businesses

The Guardian - UK

Business is booming for BDMS

From its origins owning a small hospital 50 years ago, today Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS) has become the largest hospital network in Asia-Pacific.

Bangkok Post

OneConnect Inches Closer to Profits Under Leadership of New Chairman

Key Takeaways: OneConnect’s revenue increased 17% in the second quarter, while its loss narrowed by nearly a third The company promoted CEO Shen Chongfeng to the additional role of chairman, consolidating its leadership into a single executive By Warren Yang

Benzinga

Ping An insists splitting HSBC would increase bank’s value

The Chinese shareholder has accused HSBC executives of exaggerating the downfalls of separating off the Asian business

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HSBC boss hits back at calls for breakup of business from investor

Noel Quinn says such a move would come with ‘material costs’ and ‘high risk of failure’

Benzinga

Nowhere to Hide: ZhongAn Hammered by Stock and Bond Bloodbaths

Key Takeaways: ZhongAn warned that it lost as much as 750 million yuan in the first half of 2022, reversing a year-ago profit, due to a drop in its investment income and foreign-exchange losses The digital insurer made its first-ever underwriting profit last year, but its profitability still depends heavily…

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ZhongAn Moves Further Out of Parental Shadow as Tencent Cuts Stake

Key takeaways: • Tencent reduced its stake in ZhongAn to about 8% from 10%, less than six months after Alibaba-affiliated Ant Group also cut its stake in the online insurer • ZhongAn’s net profit more than doubled last year, as reliance on its parents for business has decreased

Bangkok Post

HSBC pressed to spin off Asian business

HSBC Holdings Plc has begun an internal review in the face of pressure from its largest shareholder to discuss splitting off the bank's Asian operations.

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The Guardian - UK

As tensions rise between east and west, will HSBC be torn apart?

The bank, once a herald of globalisation, is struggling to placate investors amid US-China trade wars and crisis in Hong Kong

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Windfall tax wouldn’t stop BP’s £18bn parade of projects

Neither would it make the energy crisis go away, but after a while it becomes hard to resist

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HSBC faces pressure to split after push from one of its largest shareholders

Chinese insurer Ping An discusses listing bank’s Asian operations separately in Hong Kong

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