Hong Kong strengthens Belt and Road links amid US-China tensions

Uzbekistan's $1.68bn fund eyes listing as city courts emerging markets

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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on Oct. 18, 2023. Hong Kong is being positioned as a hub for BRI-related financing. © AP

PEGGY YE

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong is deepening its role in China's Belt and Road Initiative as a finance hub, with Uzbekistan's $1.68 billion national investment fund eyeing the city for a dual listing.

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