KFC operator Yum China heats up Hong Kong secondary listing

NYSE-traded restaurant group seeks up to $2.5bn, following Alibaba and JD.com

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An order to go in Shanghai: KFC became the first-ever Western chain restaurant to open in China in 1987. © Reuters

ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Yum China Holdings filed for a secondary listing in Hong Kong on Friday, becoming the latest New York-traded Chinese company to seek an alternative capital market closer to home amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington.

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