{
  "id": 18499661,
  "title": "Hong Kong firms must innovate to compete in mainland China, trade chief says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/hong-kong-firms-must-innovate-to-compete-in-mainland-china-trade-18499661",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T12:24:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3373591/hong-kong-firms-must-innovate-compete-mainland-china-trade-chief-says"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong companies can survive intense competition in mainland China by being innovative and maintaining high standards, the head of the city’s trade promotion body has said. Hong Kong Trade Development Council chairman Frederick Ma Si-hang said on Friday that the city was also tapping into emerging markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa to counter global trade uncertainties. “I…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/updated-hong-kong-man-held-over-international-cocaine-smuggling",
        "published": "2026-11-06T08:49:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}