SHANGHAI, Feb. 21 -- Six Little Dragons, Seven Sisters and the Terrific Ten. These are some of the nicknames being bestowed on China's cast of home-grown heroes as they take on the US tech goliaths, known as the Magnificent Seven.
In a rivalry of comic-book proportions, a surge in Chinese tech stocks has inspired brokerages to dream up catchy monikers to fire the imagination of retail investors.
Technology stocks are soaring in Hong Kong thanks to buzz around AI startup DeepSeek and a meeting between President Xi Jinping and tech business leaders including Alibaba founder Jack Ma, which has been seen as a sign of implicit state support.
The rally has vaulted the Hang Seng index near to the top of the best performing major markets this ye...