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The Big Four auditors may lose state-owned business in China — would it actually hurt them?
Nearly a quarter of China’s 98 central state-owned enterprises were audited by KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, or Ernst & Young in 2021. They might lose these customers, which would be a bad look, but perhaps not terrible for their bottom lines.
March 8, 2023 Source: The China Project
Chinese autonomous vehicle testing in California is coming under growing scrutiny
Seven Chinese autonomous vehicle companies tested their vehicles in California last year, collectively covering over 450,000 miles of roads. But as U.S. policymakers become more focused on espionage and surveillance, the Chinese companies testing in the Golden State may be on borrowed time.
February 28, 2023 Source: The China Project
‘A bumping porcelain piggyback scam’ — Phrase of the Week
A new ride-hailing app piggybacked on the name of the official app promoting ‘Xi Jinping thought’ in a publicity stunt. It backfired.
January 27, 2023 Source: The China Project
The tech crackdown is officially over
A high ranking official has officially declared the more than two-year tech crackdown to be officially over, and it ended — as it began — with Ant Group.
January 9, 2023 Source: The China Project
To self-operate or to aggregate? China’s car-hailing industry seeks a profit model
Market leader Didi’s regulatory problems have opened up the market to new players, including a range of new aggregator apps that have found a way to actually turn a profit amid tightening government regulation.
October 20, 2022 Source: The China Project
Didi to be slapped with $1.28 billion fine as Beijing wraps up yearlong probe
After a year’s worth of regulatory pain and billions in losses, Beijing’s probe into Didi has culminated in an 8 billion yuan ($1.28 billion) fine.
July 19, 2022 Source: The China Project
Why the U.S. and China might broker a deal on U.S. capital access
Despite mounting bilateral tensions, capital flows may be one area the U.S. and China can find common ground.
May 9, 2022 Source: The China Project
NIO does a loophole listing in Hong Kong
One of China’s leading electric car companies is also pioneering a new financing hedge: a new type of listing that gives companies rapid access to capital in Hong Kong.
March 8, 2022 Source: The China Project
Beijing’s cyber watchdog issues new data and algorithm rules
China’s most powerful internet regulator has finalized rules on the use of algorithms and on big data collected by firms that intend to list on overseas stock markets. The winter for tech platform companies is only getting colder.
January 4, 2022 Source: The China Project
After Didi, a great homecoming may soon be upon us
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December 27, 2021 Source: The China Project
Are Taiwan Inc. and Japan Inc. giving up on China?
Taiwanese and Japanese companies invested in China within months of Deng Xiaoping taking power. But the political and business environment is changing.
December 22, 2021 Source: The China Project
China may be taking influential stakes in more U.S.-listed companies
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December 17, 2021 Source: The China Project
How Didi’s shocking-but-inevitable delisting happened, in six steps
In June, the ridesharing firm that ate Uber alive in China went public in the United States. Now China has decided to eat it alive. Didi’s delisting is no big surprise — but the risk of U.S.-China financial decoupling and a mass exodus of over 250 Chinese ADRs has never been greater.
December 3, 2021 Source: The China Project
China asks Didi to delist from New York Stock Exchange
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November 29, 2021 Source: The China Project
Data regulators clarify what “important” means
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October 7, 2021 Source: The China Project
Ride-hailing company T3 charges ahead in race to overtake stalled Didi
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September 24, 2021 Source: The China Project
China’s Red New Deal: Tracking all the different crackdowns on companies going on right now
Updated October 26: The China Project’s tracker of all of China’s different crackdowns — now affecting 19 different industries or interest groups.
September 9, 2021 Source: The China Project
China’s ‘Big Tech crackdown’: A guide
The Chinese government is tightening its control over Chinese technology companies in dramatic ways: There will be a sea change in 2021: Capital flows between the U.S. and China will in some cases reverse, and the incentives that have driven the Chinese economy for the last two decades have changed.
August 2, 2021 Source: The China Project
Shares plunge as Beijing pushes ahead with new rules for education and tech companies
Investors are fleeing Chinese education stocks and pricing in risks across a range of industries as Beijing heats up a long-brewing regulatory storm.
July 26, 2021 Source: The China Project
What the Didi fiasco reveals about China’s fealty to markets
The Chinese government’s recent moves to rein in Didi and whip the tech industry into line have been a decade in the making.
July 16, 2021 Source: The China Project