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  "id": 4627961,
  "title": "Hong Kong emerges as Asia’s top hub for start-up potential, ranks fifth worldwide: study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/hong-kong-emerges-as-asias-top-hub-for-start-up-potential-ranks-fifth-4627961",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:36:51.000Z",
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    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3365861/hong-kong-emerges-asias-top-hub-start-potential-ranks-fifth-worldwide-study"
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  "summary": "Hong Kong leads Asia in high-growth start-up potential and ranks fifth globally, showing the city’s growing strength in nurturing scalable ventures and unicorns, according to joint research published by market research firm CB Insights and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. The white paper, released on Monday, said Asia operated on a distributed network where distinct markets…",
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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."
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