Xiaomi isn’t a household name in the U.S., but with a $54 billion valuation, its initial public offering is one of the biggest the world’s seen in years. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

It’s a big deal for investors, for whom it's now a lot easier to invest in China.

HP, bitcoin and more numbers we're watching today.

Jobs, drought and arrests in mainland China: Here's what we're reading Wednesday.

Hong Kong is uniquely positioned in the global economy.

Hong Kong protests, Bernanke in court and more Facebook privacy concerns.

Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba is reportedly pulling out of a Hong Kong initial public offering, and plans to go public in the U.S. instead.

Hong Kong tailoring has long had a reputation for quality but many of the tailors were old and their premises old-fashioned. Now a new breed of young clothing entrepreneurs is shaking things up.

One of the world's biggest stock exchanges, Hong Kong, is also one of the few in the world that stops trading for an hour and a half long lunch break.

Yesterday, the Hong Kong stock exchange suspended trading on seven companies who were the victims of hacks. The attack took place on a page of the…