Day: May 28, 2023

On the eve of last month’s launch of miHoYo’s latest online game, Honkai: Star Rail, employees at the Chinese gaming company worked late into the night. “Everyone was rushing to launch the product. The company has thrown a lot of resources at Honkai. It’s clear the intention is to make it at least as big as Genshin Impact and to make it the main title of the company,” said one employee drafted in to work on Honkai’s release. A space-travel anime game, Honkai: Star Rail is miHoYo’s second new title since the breakout success of…

On the eve of last month’s launch of miHoYo’s latest online game, Honkai: Star Rail, employees at the Chinese gaming company worked late into the night. “Everyone was rushing to launch the product. The company has thrown a lot of resources at Honkai. It’s clear the intention is to make it at least as big as Genshin Impact and to make it the main title of the company,” said one employee drafted in to work on Honkai’s release. A space-travel anime game, Honkai: Star Rail is miHoYo’s second new title since the breakout success of…

Mainland Chinese companies have been moving into premium office areas in Hong Kong’s Central business district, taking over the prime locations left vacant by foreign groups in the wake of the pandemic. ByteDance, the Chinese owner of social media platform TikTok and one of the country’s most valuable tech start-ups, is taking over about 16,000 sq ft of office space in the city’s second-tallest office building this year from Switzerland-based bank Julius Baer, which is moving to a less central location, according to three people with knowledge of the deal.…

For Anna Li, this year has been the worst she can remember for finding a job in China — harder even than during the pandemic. “I’ve been applying for jobs for half a year. I’m really exhausted but I’ve not received an offer yet,” the 25-year-old graduate in the country’s wealthy eastern Shandong province said, adding that even if she did land a position, salaries for office jobs were often unlivable.  Five years ago, China’s economy was growing fast enough that many graduates were able to snap up good jobs.…

For Anna Li, this year has been the worst she can remember for finding a job in China — harder even than during the pandemic. “I’ve been applying for jobs for half a year. I’m really exhausted but I’ve not received an offer yet,” the 25-year-old graduate in the country’s wealthy eastern Shandong province said, adding that even if she did land a position, salaries for office jobs were often unlivable.  Five years ago, China’s economy was growing fast enough that many graduates were able to snap up good jobs.…

This article is part of a guide to Hong Kong from FT Globetrotter A pitfall of global drinking culture is that after a few sips of Peroni, Bordeaux or Drambuie, it’s easy to fool yourself you could be in any city, anywhere. But pitch yourself on a Hong Kong rooftop and you’ll know exactly where you are. A rooftop drink, even if charged at the higher end of the spectrum in what is already a very expensive city, can turn an ordinary night into an occasion. What in the day can appear…