做欧盟站的中国卖家老周，2026年7月发现一笔小包订单多了一笔3欧元的费用，他起初以为是物流加价，查了才知道：这是欧盟对150欧元以下进口小包新征的临时关税。

Sister Chen, who wanted to expand into the Latin American market, was drawn in by Mercado Libre’s promotion of “zero sign-up fees, zero monthly fees, and zero deposits,” believing she could make money just by opening a store. She didn’t realize that while there’s no barrier to entry for opening a store, that doesn’t mean there’s no barrier to making money.

Sister Liu, who runs an e-commerce business, was left with a headache after a wave of returns following a major sales event: The goods had been returned, but what should she do about the invoices she’d originally issued? Had she paid taxes for nothing? She asked around, and some people said, “Just record it as a negative amount in the books,” while others said issuing a credit invoice would be too much of a hassle.

Mr. Wang, who obtained Hong Kong residency through the High-Talent Pass program last year, assumed that once approved, his status was secure, so he devoted all his energy to his business on the mainland. It wasn’t until this year, as his renewal deadline approached, that he began to panic: How could he prove his ties to Hong Kong? How could he gather the necessary documents? To his surprise, statistics from multiple institutions in 2026 showed that the renewal approval rate for Categories B and C of the High-Talent Pass had dropped to between 40% and 50%, with the core reason being the substantive review of renewal applications…

Mr. Zhang, who had some spare cash on hand, was torn in 2026 about whether to invest in a Hong Kong U.S. dollar-denominated insurance policy. On one hand, there were selling points like “6.51% long-term compound interest (TP3T) that outperforms interest rate cuts”; on the other, there were warnings about “capped demonstration rates, exchange rate fluctuations, and non-guaranteed dividends.” He asked around, but the more he heard, the more confused he became.