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In this round-up, the China Europe International Exchange (Ceinex) is working on establishing a Stock Connect scheme between China and Germany, the National People’s Congress criticises the Hong Kong High Court’s decision around the anti-mask law and the People’s Bank of China lowers its benchmark interest rates.

Axa’s proposal this week that the European Union should create a €500bn joint borrowing vehicle for climate change could easily be dismissed as pie in the sky. So it is, for now.

I may be a mature, wise gentleman the majority of the time, but I admit that even I have my moments of childish fun.

Indian borrowers that tapped the international loan market this year found mixed responses — with their deals either sailing through without a hitch or struggling to gain traction among banks. This sends an ominous signal to companies preparing offshore loans for next year.

Saudi Aramco’s decision to make its IPO a local affair, with no international marketing, is a lacklustre end to what is nonetheless a huge capital markets event. Unrealistic objectives and hype have taken the shine off a monumental deal.

In this round-up, top negotiators from China and the US held a phone call on Saturday, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) accused CEFC Shanghai Securities Co of illegal activity and the Hong Kong police stormed the city’s Polytechnic University after a tense weekend.

In this round-up, US president Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on China if the phase one deal is not reached, two Republican senators took action to speed up the passing of the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up a state visit to Greece.

In this round-up, Alibaba Group Holding’s Singles’ Day sales hit a record high, industrial production growth and credit growth both slowed in October and Standard Chartered’s Renminbi Globalisation Index reached a year-to-date high.

Over my many years in Hong Kong, I have seen a lot. I've watched the city go from being a British colony to become part of China. I've seen a real estate boom and luxury shopping replace old local stores. I've seen protests and political turmoil. But all that has little prepared me for what has happened here this week.

Foreign banks hoping to break into China’s capital markets will have an open invitation at the end of next year, when final restrictions on their ownership of securities houses are removed. They will have some small successes with secondary trading but muscling in on primary capital markets will prove expensive ─ and risky.

Green quantitative easing is having a moment. As the European Central Bank restarts the ordinary brown kind of money printing, buying corporate and public sector bonds, a broad range of commentators, from left wing activists to BlackRock’s head of official institutions, argue that central banks ought to put their balance sheet power in play to green the world. But turning to the central banks is a counsel of despair. The technocrats should be a last resort; it is politicians who should be in the vanguard.

Tuesday might be a day to spare a thought for any investor long Netflix as Disney launches is streaming service, Disney +. But the flotation of UK visual effects firm DNEG might just give them a way to profit from the coming war between the big streamers.